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East Front of the Capitol Stereoview

Stereoview with two nearly identical black and white photographs of grass and trees by the East Front of the Capitol, arranged side by side on green cardboard/tiles/collection/3/33881.xml
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Reverse of stereoview, with handwritten text reading, “U.S. Capitol, Wash. D.C.”/tiles/collection/3/33882.xml
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Stereoview with two nearly identical black and white photographs of grass and trees by the East Front of the Capitol, arranged side by side on green cardboard
Reverse of stereoview, with handwritten text reading, “U.S. Capitol, Wash. D.C.”
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Date

ca. 1870

Dimensions

3 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (10 × 17.6 cm)

Accession Number

2016.055.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This stereoview image, perhaps a souvenir from a tourist's Capitol visit, gives a sense of the approach to the Capitol from the east. A tree-lined walk led to what author Mark Twain described as “long terraced ranges of steps, flowing down in white marble waves to the ground.” Along with the formal avenue were worn-down temporary work buildings, on the right in this photograph, the remnants of a massive building campaign begun more than a decade earlier.

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