Washington senate chamber – Historic Reproduction
(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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Washington senate chamber
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Few rooms in the young Capitol carried as much weight in 1850 as the Senate chamber shown here. Senators met in this north-wing hall from 1810 until the body moved into new quarters in 1859, and the sharp debates over slavery and the western territories were argued within its walls, including the speeches that led to the Compromise of 1850. The record dates the print to about 1850 and names a possible maker, Deroy, from a shelflist card, but those details have not been verified, so the date and attribution should be read as approximate.
| Created / published | c1850 May 30. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Deroy. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,119 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110538 |
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