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Illustrated album of Washington City and vicinity - panoramic view of Washington City, from the top of the Capitol – Antique Photo Print

Illustrated album of Washington City and vicinity - panoramic view of Washington City, from the top of the Capitol, c1870. — historic print
Illustrated album of Washington City and vicinity - panoramic view of Washington City, from the top of the Capitol, c1870.. Historic print from the Presidents 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: Illustrated album of Washington City and vicinity - panoramic view of Washington City, from the top of the Capitol, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Taken from the top of the Capitol, this panoramic view looks out over Washington City as it stood around 1870, only a few years after the cast-iron dome was completed. The vantage shows the capital's broad avenues and scattered rooftops, with the Washington Monument still unfinished across the open ground, where work had stalled from 1854 until the late 1870s. The view belongs to an illustrated album of the city and its surroundings, and the record links it to the firm E. Sachse & Co., though the catalog marks that attribution as unverified.

Created / publishedc1870.
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse, E., & Co.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133338

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