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[Senate Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Photo Print

[Senate Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Senate Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C.], [between 1905 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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: [Senate Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C.], 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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[Senate Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C.]

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This view was taken from the Capitol steps and looks across the grounds toward the Senate Russell Office Building, with a streetcar waiting station in the foreground. The building was completed around 1909, when Washington was expanding its federal offices and rail lines to serve a growing city. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its color and black-and-white views of American places, made the image, and the streetcar shelter gives a sense of how the capital's public transit fit into the government district.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. From U.S. Capitol steps; includes trolley waiting station. G 5298" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036861. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsGovernment facilities. Street railroads. Construction industry.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68193

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