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Composite of 48 state Capitol bldgs. – Antique Wall Art

Composite of 48 state Capitol bldgs., c1948 Mar. — historic photograph
Composite of 48 state Capitol bldgs., c1948 Mar.. Historic photograph 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Composite of 48 state Capitol bldgs.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Composite of 48 state Capitol bldgs.

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This print gathers images of 48 state capitol buildings into a single composite, so it shows the statehouses side by side rather than any one building. The caption card dates it to about March 1948, when the country had exactly 48 states, since Alaska and Hawaii did not join until 1959. Composites like this let viewers compare the architecture of each capitol at a glance. The copyright credit to C.S. Peterson points to a commercial origin, but the date and attribution come from an old card and have not been independently verified.

Created / publishedc1948 Mar.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by C.S. Peterson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Capitol bldgs.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 883 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140248

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