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Date

1926-02-12

Maker

Kadel & Herbert

Dimensions

6 × 8 1/4 in. (15.2 × 21 cm)

Accession Number

PA2014.11.0028

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This 1926 photograph was taken facing east, from the foot of Capitol Hill. The sight inspired a news caption writer to flights of rhetorical fancy: “The dome of the Capitol rises majestically out of the ‘Wonderland’ of crystal white, into which the snow has converted Capitol Park.”

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