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![[East front of U.S. Capitol from southeast]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZWFzdC1mcm9udC1vZi11cy1jYXBpdG9sLWZyb20tc291dGhlYXN0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/222/jpg "[East front of U.S. Capitol from southeast]")
![[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building behind the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvYWVyaWFsLXZpZXctb2YtY2FwaXRvbC1oaWxsLWZlYXR1cmluZy10aGUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy10aG9tYXMtamVmZmVyc29uLTlhZmQ5Mi02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building behind the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]")
![[East front of the United States Capitol]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvZWFzdC1mcm9udC1vZi10aGUtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy1jYXBpdG9sLThjZjJmMC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[East front of the United States Capitol]")
![[Full view of U.S. Capitol from southwest]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjYvMDEvMDEvZnVsbC12aWV3LW9mLXVzLWNhcGl0b2wtZnJvbS1zb3V0aHdlc3QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Full view of U.S. Capitol from southwest]")
![[West front of the Capitol of the United States]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvd2VzdC1mcm9udC1vZi10aGUtY2FwaXRvbC1vZi10aGUtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[West front of the Capitol of the United States]")
![[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]")
![[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]")
