Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0344Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of the Capitol Building, a man in uniform is standing in the street in the foreground. Above the image "14" is printed, below the image "33294 The united States Capitol (East Front), 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., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydeny, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Lat. 30 (Degrees) N.; Long. 77 (Degrees) W.
The United States Capitol is regarded as the most stately building in the world. It is located on the brow of what is known as Capitol hill, a hundred feet above the river. The corner stone was laid by George Washington in 1793. It was partially destoryed by the British in 183 and reconstructed during the following fifteen years. In 1851 the enlarging membership of Congress and the corresponding increase of national buisness, called for further enlargement, and the magnificent north and south wings of white marble were added. The building as it now stands covers almost foour acres of ground, and cost, from first to last, about fifteen million dollars. If is 751 feet long, 350 feet wide and rises over 300 feet above the ground. Th oldest part, the central section, is built of Virginia freestone. The dome is the crowning glory. It is made of iron and weighs about nine million pounds. The iron plates contract and expand "like a lilly" at every change of temperature. The dome is surmountedby a colossal statue of liberyt, facing the east. This picture shows the capitol from the northeast. The grounds areound the nation's capitol resemble a magnificent ark.
The White HOuse is one and one-half miles distant. it was a part of Washngton's plan that the executive should be some distance from the legislative offices. otherwise, he feared that the ime of the president would be too much taken by members of other departments.
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