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[East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.]

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East Capitol Street runs straight east from the United States Capitol, and this 8 by 10 inch glass negative frames the building at the far end of the broad avenue. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the plate between 1905 and 1920, sold travel views of American cities and scenery to a national market. The Capitol's cast-iron dome, finished in the 1860s, was by then a familiar national symbol. The negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. United States Capitol in background. G 5295" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036810. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Capitols.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68149

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