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[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. North Wing. Senate Chamber. Ceiling. Reflected plan rendering] / Tho. U. Walter, architect, extension, U.S. Capitol ; M.C. Meigs, capt. of engineers. – Vintage Print

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. North Wing. Senate Chamber. Ceiling. Reflected plan rendering] / Tho. U. Walter, architect, extension, U.S. Capitol ; M.C. Meigs, capt. of engineers., and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic image
[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. North Wing. Senate Chamber. Ceiling. Reflected plan rendering] / Tho. U. Walter, architect, extension, U.S. Capitol ; M.C. Meigs, capt. of engineers., and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic image 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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Step back in time with [United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. North Wing. Senate Chamber. Ceiling. Reflected plan rendering] / Tho. U. Walter, architect, extension, U.S. Capitol ; M.C. Meigs, capt. of engineers., a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. North Wing. Senate Chamber. Ceiling. Reflected plan rendering] / Tho. U. Walter, architect, extension, U.S. Capitol ; M.C. Meigs, capt. of engineers.

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This reflected plan rendering shows the ceiling of the Senate Chamber in the north wing extension of the United States Capitol, printed as a mirror image of the original drawing. Thomas U. Walter designed the extension, and Capt. Montgomery C. Meigs of the Army Corps of Engineers oversaw its construction in the 1850s. The image is a salted paper photoprint, and it survives as a reference copy in an album of Meigs's engineering projects, a record of the work that expanded the Capitol before the Civil War.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Notes1 photoprint : salted paper.
SubjectsScaled. No. 594. Reference copy in album: Engineering projects directed by Montgomery Meigs, Washington, D.C.--ca. 1852-1860, p. 163, no.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,434 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216755

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