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View of the U.S. Capitol with snow – Antique Photo Print

View of the U.S. Capitol with snow, 1926 — historic photograph
View of the U.S. Capitol with snow, 1926. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A snowy winter scene of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., gives this 1926 photoprint a quieter character than the building's usual ceremonial views. Underwood & Underwood, a firm long known for stereographs and mass-produced news and travel photographs, made many views of the national capital for popular audiences. The Capitol, completed in its current form in the 1860s under its dome-era design, was then a daily workplace for Congress as well as a symbol of the republic. Pictures like this one, showing the grounds softened by snow, were often sold as souvenirs and teaching images of American landmarks.

Created / published1926
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,192 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157138

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