[Senate page boys stage their first snow battle on the Capitol plaza] – Historic Reproduction
![[Senate page boys stage their first snow battle on the Capitol plaza], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/86/863c37e32363-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Senate page boys stage their first snow battle on the Capitol plaza]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Senate page boys stage their first snow battle on the Capitol plaza]
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Senate page boys, the teenagers who ran errands on the floor of the Senate, are the subjects here, caught in the middle of their first snow battle on the Capitol plaza. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a body of work made by a Washington studio that documented the city and its government between the early 1900s and the 1930s. Pages were typically boys in their early teens who carried messages and worked the chamber, so a scene of them tumbling into a snowball fight on the grounds offers a rare glimpse of their off-duty lives. The gelatin silver print captures the Capitol behind them, a reminder of how the building anchored daily life for the people who worked in it.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1932] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1900-1940. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--Buildings--1900-1940. Capitol pages--1900-1940. Boys--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940. Play (Recreation)--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940. Snow--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940. Snowballs--1900-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,141 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-166930 |
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