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![[East front of the U.S. Capitol, with airship (drawn?) above, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvZWFzdC1mcm9udC1vZi10aGUtdXMtY2FwaXRvbC13aXRoLWFpcnNoaXAtZHJhd24tYWJvdmUtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy00YTNhZjUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/257/jpg "[East front of the U.S. Capitol, with airship (drawn?) above, Washington, D.C.]")
![[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., east front elevation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy1jYXBpdG9sLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtZWFzdC1mcm9udC1lbGV2YXRpb24tNzg3NDRlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., east front elevation]")
![[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendered]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjAvdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy1jYXBpdG9sLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtZWFzdC1mcm9udC1lbGV2YXRpb24tcmVuZGVyZWQtNmE1YmRhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendered]")
![[Aerial view of Washington, D.C., looking east toward U.S. Capitol]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjgvMDEvMDEvYWVyaWFsLXZpZXctb2Ytd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1sb29raW5nLWVhc3QtdG93YXJkLXVzLWNhcGl0b2wtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Aerial view of Washington, D.C., looking east toward U.S. Capitol]")
![[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West front, partial elevation and section]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy1jYXBpdG9sLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtd2VzdC1mcm9udC1wYXJ0aWFsLWVsZXZhdGlvbi1hbmQtc2VjdGlvbi1hY2JhZDMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West front, partial elevation and section]")
![[View of Washington, D.C., looking northwest from southeast of the U.S. Capitol]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDYvMDEvMDEvdmlldy1vZi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWxvb2tpbmctbm9ydGh3ZXN0LWZyb20tc291dGhlYXN0LW9mLXRoZS11cy1jYXBpdG9sLTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/23/webp "[View of Washington, D.C., looking northwest from southeast of the U.S. Capitol]")
![[U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. East elevation, low dome]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvdXMtY2FwaXRvbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWVhc3QtZWxldmF0aW9uLWxvdy1kb21lLWVjYTcxYy02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "[U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. East elevation, low dome]")
