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[U.S. Capitol: East front (detail with dome)] – Antique Print

[U.S. Capitol: East front (detail with dome)], [between 1880 and 1910] — historic photograph
[U.S. Capitol: East front (detail with dome)], [between 1880 and 1910]. 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 [U.S. Capitol: East front (detail with dome)]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[U.S. Capitol: East front (detail with dome)]

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The east front of the Capitol is the side that faces the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress, and this view zeroes in on the dome rising above that facade. The Capitol dome as seen today was finished during the Civil War, when Thomas U. Walter's cast-iron design replaced the earlier, lower dome, and its crowning statue of Freedom was raised in 1863. By the time this photograph was made, between 1880 and 1910, the building had become the country's most recognizable civic symbol, and the dome was a familiar sight across the city. Look closely at the detail of the upper drum and ironwork, which shows the engineering that let such a heavy structure stand.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1910.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1910. Domes--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161577

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