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[Congress in session in U.S. Capitol] – Vintage Print

[Congress in session in U.S. Capitol], [between 1890 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Congress in session in U.S. Capitol], [between 1890 and 1920]. 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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Lawmakers at work under the Capitol's great dome are the subject here, though the record gives no names, exact date, or chamber, so the view is best read as a general glimpse of the period. The Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, held by the Library of Congress, gathered many photographs of Washington life taken in the decades around 1900, when Congress was debating railroads, tariffs, and the growing role of the federal government. Congressional sessions of that era were conducted without the electronic aids of later years, so the work depended on clerks, printed records, and face-to-face debate on the floor. Pictures like this one show the setting in which those decisions were made.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1920.
NotesFrank and Frances Carpenter Collection.
SubjectsUnited States.--Congress. Legislative bodies--United States--1890-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 998 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168854

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