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Washington in 1800 – Antique Print

Washington in 1800, 1834 — historic photograph
Washington in 1800, 1834. Historic photograph 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: Washington in 1800, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Washington in 1800

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A view of the young capital issued in Boston in 1834, this picture looks back to 1800, the year Congress moved from Philadelphia to the unfinished city on the Potomac. That fall the Capitol's north wing was just far enough along for the Senate and House to meet, while the streets were muddy, widely spaced, and thinly built, and John Adams became the first president to live in the Executive Mansion. The print is credited to Samuel Walker of Boston, so it shows how the national capital was pictured for readers in New England a generation after its founding.

Created / published1834
Mediumphotographic print made from earlier engraving
NotesBoston: Samuel Walker
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,784 × 2,792 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178925

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