D.C. Washington. Capitol. Interior. Hall of House of Representatives. View from northwest – Vintage Wall Art
(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: D.C. Washington. Capitol. Interior. Hall of House of Representatives. View from northwest, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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D.C. Washington. Capitol. Interior. Hall of House of Representatives. View from northwest
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Looking across the floor from the northwest, this view shows the chamber where the U.S. House of Representatives has met since 1857, when it moved into the south wing of the Capitol after the building was extended. Desks are arranged in a semicircle facing the Speaker's rostrum, and public galleries rise along the walls above the floor. The record gives no date for the photograph, so the exact year is unknown, but the room kept much of its mid-nineteenth-century character for decades, which makes views like this useful for studying how legislative spaces were furnished and used.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Wash.--US Cap. Int.--Hse. of Rep.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,247 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135600 |
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