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View of Washington City and Georgetown [c. 1849] – Antique Photo Print

View of Washington City and Georgetown [c. 1849], c. 1849 — antique lithograph
View of Washington City and Georgetown [c. 1849], c. 1849. Antique lithograph from the U.S. Capitol collection.

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This rare antique lithograph captures View of Washington City and Georgetown [c. 1849] in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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View of Washington City and Georgetown [c. 1849]

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Seen from across the Potomac, this lithograph shows Washington City and Georgetown as two separate communities joined by open ground, with the Capitol's dome rising above a city still thinly built. Weber & Co. of Baltimore printed the view, and Casimir Bohn, a Washington publisher and bookseller, issued it locally, which is typical of the city views sold to residents and visitors in the years before the Civil War. Views like this are useful for seeing how sparse the capital looked in the late 1840s, when wide avenues were laid out on paper far ahead of the buildings that would fill them.

Created / publishedc. 1849
Mediumprint, lithograph
NotesEdward Weber & Co., Baltimore. Washington, DC: Casimir Bohn
Original scan3,745 × 2,700 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Reference1849 03021u

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