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The Special Session of Congress - Scene on the Steps of the Capitol Building

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Date

1903-11-04

Publisher

Harper's Weekly

Dimensions

13 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (33.7 x 46.4 cm)

Accession Number

2009.128.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

As Congress got under way in 1903, Harper’s Weekly provided its readers with a handy, if entirely fictitious, photograph of notable women and men in Washington promenading next to the Capitol. The image was a composite constructed “from actual snap shots.” It accompanied an article on the soon-to-be-legendary new Speaker, Joe Cannon.

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