United States Capitol
- Title:
- United States Capitol
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Walter, Thomas Ustick (American architect, 1804-1887)
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (British architect and engineer, 1764-1820, active in the United States)
- Creation Date:
- 1793-1962 (building)
ca. 1870-ca. 1895 (photograph)
- Location:
- District of Columbia, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 570
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00570
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00570.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Capitol, Washington, District of Columbia
Domes
Capitols
object sculpture
street lighting units
lighting devices
porticoes
arcades (structural assemblies)
pediments
bicycles
government office buildings
public buildings by function
Youth
Capitol Hill, Washington, District of Columbia
photographs - Measurement:
- 18.7325 x 11.7475 (centimeters)
- Description:
- The "penny-farthing" style bicycle (with a large front wheel and small rear wheel) featured in the foreground of this view of the Capitol helps date this photograph to the period between 1870 and 1895.
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.