City Hall - Washington / lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore. – Historic Reproduction
![City Hall - Washington / lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore., [ca. 1866] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b8/b82e21f9f8a8-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 antique lithograph of City Hall - Washington / lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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City Hall - Washington / lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore.
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The lithograph shows Washington's City Hall, the seat of the old Washington City government, which occupied its building on the city's ceremonial side well before the Civil War. The print was issued by E. Sachse & Co. of Baltimore, a firm known for color views of American cities in the 1860s. It dates from about 1866, a few years after the war, when the capital was still growing and its municipal offices were a visible sign of local self-government. Congress abolished the separate city governments in 1871, so the picture captures the civic life of the city just before that change.
| Created / published | [ca. 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | City Hall (Washington, D.C.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,696 × 3,820 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220749 |
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