Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0334Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of the US Capitol building at night, part of the dome is reflect in a large puddle on the street. Above the image "8" is printed, below the image "32229 The Dazzling Dome of the Capitol on a Rainy Night, Washington, D. C." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
32229
THE DAZZLING DOME OF THE CAPITOL ON A RAINY NIGHT, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Whether seen by day, when it rises into the sky like a dazzling cloud, or by night when thrown into brilliant relief by batteries of electric lights surrounding it, the dome of the Capitol is an object to compel the admiration of the most careless observer. Its proportions are so admirable that in spite of its great size - 96 ft. in diameter and 180 ft. 3 in. in height from the floor of the rotunda to the interior of the canopy, - it converys an impression of uplifting lightness rather than of ponderous weight. Its interior is richly decorated with symbolical and historical frescoes, paintings and sculptures by distingueished artists. To the left of the dome as we see it here, from the S. E., is the House Wing of the Capitol, containing the Hall of Representatives. Further away, on the right, is the Senate Wing, containing the Senate Chamber. To again quote the felicitous phrases of Gilbert Grosvenor regarding the Capitol:
"The humblest citizen may walk without formality to the center of its spacious Rotunda. Standing here and glancing south . . . he may see the Speaker of the House of Representatives in his chair ; to the north someone is sure to open a door through which he may behold the Vice-President of the United States presiding in the Senate. Should he stand there two minutes before noon he will notice members of the Supreme Court . . . crossing the corridor to the Court Chamber. Facing east, he may look out upon the portico where Presidents stand, at inauguration, to take the oath to uphold the Constitution . . . Upon this single spot the citizen has seen his government. All the rest is but elaboration of its three-fold parts."
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