[East front of the U.S. Capitol, with airship (drawn?) above, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print
![[East front of the U.S. Capitol, with airship (drawn?) above, Washington, D.C.], c1906. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/98/985bbe3b472b-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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[East front of the U.S. Capitol, with airship (drawn?) above, Washington, D.C.]
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The east front of the Capitol, with its broad steps and columned portico facing the city, is the building's ceremonial side, and this view pairs it with an airship drifting overhead. The catalog's question mark about whether the craft was drawn in suggests the viewer should not take the airship as a straightforward photographic record. The image reflects the public fascination with flight around 1906, the year Alberto Santos-Dumont made well-publicized flights in Paris. The print was made by G.V. Buck, a Washington photographer, and it was registered for copyright.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H79813 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G.V. Buck, Washington, D.C. |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910. Capitols--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910. Airships--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,642 × 2,910 px · prints to 12 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-189677 |
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