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The Vice-President's room, North Wing [U.S. Capitol] – Vintage Wall Art

The Vice-President's room, North Wing [U.S. Capitol] — historic print
The Vice-President's room, North Wing [U.S. Capitol]. Historic print 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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This rare historic print captures The Vice-President's room, North Wing [U.S. Capitol] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The Vice-President's room, North Wing [U.S. Capitol]

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Few rooms in the Capitol have the connection to the Senate that this one does. The Vice-President's Room sits in the north wing, next to the Senate chamber, and gave the presiding officer a private place to rest, confer, and receive visitors between sessions. Because the caption card gives no date, the print's exact age is uncertain, but the view shows a room that served as a working reception space within the building's legislative core. Its formal setting reflects the nineteenth-century effort to make the Capitol a dignified symbol of the federal government.

Medium1 print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,156 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-135869

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