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East Portico of the Capitol – Historic Reproduction

East Portico of the Capitol, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
East Portico of the Capitol, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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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Step back in time with East Portico of the Capitol, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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East Portico of the Capitol

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The east portico of the United States Capitol is the long colonnade facing the rising sun, the side that Capitol visitors approach from the Hill's eastern grounds and where presidents have taken the oath of office at inaugurations since the 19th century. The Capitol's east front was built in stages over several decades, and its portico has long been the building's most recognizable ceremonial entrance. The caption card does not record a date, so the print's exact age is unknown, but it likely shows the building as it looked in the era when its columns and steps were the everyday public approach to the seat of Congress.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,109 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160647

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