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Description: Consists of two cabinet cards depicting Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1870s-1910s.
Call number: photPF 1410-1449
Provenance: Acquired from Rust, 1943.
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State Capitol building (Sacramento, California) photograph

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The cabinet photograph depicts an angled view of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento possibly during the 1890s. The image captured both men and women standing near the entrance gate. The photograph title credits Gregory, Artist, 504 J Street. Sacramento. L.L. Lewis Building. The verso annotaion in pencil notes,"California Sacramento State Capitol building [about 1890?]."

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The presidents of the United States

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Image of a series of portraits of United States presidents from 1789-1921: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Warren G. Harding; vignettes of Yosemite Valley in California, the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York; the White House in Washington, D.C., and St. John's River in Florida interspersed with portraits; bald eagle, Union shield, allegorical figures of women representing liberty (Columbia) and justice, and American flags frame portraits and vignettes.

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Two clippings of the United States Capitol Building

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Two clippings, ca. 1925, both are images of the United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. One is titled "At the Gateway of Washington"; the other "The Glory of the National Capitol at Night." The first image is copyright Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.; the second is copyright Ernest L. Crandall. Neither image, reproductions of photographs, are credited, and their source is unidentified. The newspaper or magazine from which these items were removed is unidentified. The dimensions given are for the larger of the two items. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Capitol Building

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One clipping, ca. 1935?, of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. It is a reproduction of a drawing, and is unsigned. The magazine from which this was removed is unidentified. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic. Washington, D.C., September 20th 1892

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Image of the Grand Army of the Republic parading down Capitol Street in Washington, D.C; United States Capitol building in the distance; veteran soldiers of the American Civil War, marching band, cavalry, carriages, and buildings decorated with bunting and American flags visible.

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View of Washington city

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the United States Capitol building prominently in the foreground with street traffic, and the city of Washington, D.C., with the Washington Monument and the Potomac River, in the background.

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