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Bird's-eye view of the handsome state capitol at Austin, Texas – Antique Map Print

Bird's-eye view of the handsome state capitol at Austin, Texas, c1909. — historic photograph
Bird's-eye view of the handsome state capitol at Austin, Texas, c1909.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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: Bird's-eye view of the handsome state capitol at Austin, Texas, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A bird's-eye vantage lifts the Texas State Capitol in Austin above the streets around it, a angle that stereo publishers of the period often used to show off the size of a civic building. Completed in 1888 from pink granite quarried near Marble Falls, the capitol was designed by Elijah E. Myers and was widely praised as one of the largest state capitols in the country. This stereograph was copyrighted by the Standard Scenic Company and is dated to about 1909, when panoramic views of landmarks sold well to home viewers. Seen through a stereoscope, the paired images would have given the building and its grounds a sense of depth.

Created / publishedc1909.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo copyrighted by Standard Scenic Company. No. 3413. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 744 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159408

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