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Daily life among the lawmakers was perennially interesting to the nation’s readers. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper often published articles that amounted to travelogues of Washington. In this 1881 print, one such essay was illustrated with scenes of visitors’ activities, including obtaining calling cards to hand to Representatives, the Senate’s refreshment room, a family eating a picnic lunch, women lobbying Members of Congress, and the crowded telegraph office in the House.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Washington, D.C.—Incidents of Life at the National Capital During a Session of Congress,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2010/2010-185-002/ (May 24, 2022)
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