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View of Capitol when first occupied by Congress, 1800 – Vintage Photo Print

View of Capitol when first occupied by Congress, 1800, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print
View of Capitol when first occupied by Congress, 1800, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic print 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 window into the past: View of Capitol when first occupied by Congress, 1800, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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View of Capitol when first occupied by Congress, 1800

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Its title pins the scene to 1800, when Congress first moved into the Capitol while much of the building was still unfinished. Only the north wing was ready for use, and it housed the Senate and the House of Representatives, while the rest of the structure stood half-built amid raw clearings in a city still taking shape. Congress had met in Philadelphia until the government relocated to the new capital that year. This is a reproduction of a drawing, so it shows how the building was pictured for viewers of the time rather than a photographic record of the moment.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print.
SubjectsRepro. of drawing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wash., DC--US Cap--1800; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,147 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143280

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