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Architectural drawing for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. ...

Competition drawing showing Capitol building as plan; sketch. UNIT title devised. One sketch shows elevation of East Front with high dome. Date based on year that Thornton received a prize for the drawing as in... More

Old State House, Main Street & Central Row, Hartford, Hartford County,...

Significance: The Old State House is thought to be the first public building designed by Charles Bulfinch. It uses federal style architecture. Survey number: HABS CT-3-3 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial... More

Old State House, Main Street & Central Row, Hartford, Hartford County,...

Significance: The Old State House is thought to be the first public building designed by Charles Bulfinch. It uses federal style architecture. Survey number: HABS CT-3-3 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial... More

Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More

Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More

Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More

Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More

Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More

Alabama State Capitol, Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Montgomery County, A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-50 Survey number: HABS AL-601 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1886 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

U. S. Custom House, Market & Sixteenth Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Virginia State Capitol, Bank and 10th Streets, Capitol Square, Richmon...

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Virginia State Capitol, Bank and 10th Streets, Capitol Square, Richmon...

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Virginia State Capitol, Bank and 10th Streets, Capitol Square, Richmon...

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Virginia State Capitol, Bank and 10th Streets, Capitol Square, Richmon...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Virginia State Capitol, Bank and 10th Streets, Capitol Square, Richmon...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Shawnee Methodist Mission, East Building, Kansas City, Wyandotte Count...

Survey number: HABS KS-3 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000345

[United States Capitol ("Federal Capitol"), Washington, D.C. Cross sec...

Presentation drawing showing scheme "E" for cross section of the U.S. Capitol. Inscription on recto: E-1 A ground plan accompanied this which Doc. Thornton sent for together with the plan in pencil. Inscripti... More

Capitol of Illinois, no. 26 - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows the Illinois State House draped with black and white mourning cloth for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in text and pi... More

Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Erected between 1772 and 1779, the Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still in active use as the seat of government and the only one to have served as the nation's capital, witnessin... More

Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Erected between 1772 and 1779, the Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still in active use as the seat of government and the only one to have served as the nation's capital, witnessin... More

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: This is the fourth capitol building owned by the State and has been in continuous use since its completion in 1889. Located atop a hill near downtown Atlanta, it previously contained the Atlanta C... More

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: This is the fourth capitol building owned by the State and has been in continuous use since its completion in 1889. Located atop a hill near downtown Atlanta, it previously contained the Atlanta C... More

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: This is the fourth capitol building owned by the State and has been in continuous use since its completion in 1889. Located atop a hill near downtown Atlanta, it previously contained the Atlanta C... More

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: This is the fourth capitol building owned by the State and has been in continuous use since its completion in 1889. Located atop a hill near downtown Atlanta, it previously contained the Atlanta C... More

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: This is the fourth capitol building owned by the State and has been in continuous use since its completion in 1889. Located atop a hill near downtown Atlanta, it previously contained the Atlanta C... More

Old State House, Broadway, bounded by Madison, Clinton & Lewis Streets...

Significance: Date built (approx): Begun in Spring, 1826; and finished in Fall, 1830. Architect or builder: Gideon Shryock. Present condition: Fair; necessary repairs being neglected. Number of stories: Two.... More

Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This building is one of the two eighteenth century colony houses in Rhode Island, the other being in Newport. It was one of the seats of Rhode Island government from 1762 until the erection of th... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Constantino Brumidi, Apotheosis of Washington. Washington DC sterescop...

Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex.

Madison, Wis., in Capitol Park - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

"216" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04633. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. Est. 610.

Massachusettsachusetts State House , Boston, Massachusetts.

Title from jacket. "1241" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032992. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016634. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull

Listed in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912) under title: Declaration of Independence in Congress. Photograph of a painting at Yale School of Fine Arts. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 700. Gift; State Historica... More

United States Capitol and Mall, bird's-eye view, Washington, D.C.

Title devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 15676. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

State House, Columbus, Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033440. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Curtis Publishing Company Building and Independence Hall, Philadelphia...

Title from jacket. "G 9134 dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500685. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Title devised by cataloger. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

House of Representatives in U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex. Gift: Society of Calif. Pioneers, Jan. 19, 1954.

Washington Monument and the capitol, Richmond, Virginia

"WHJ 215" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013441. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New York State Capitol, Albany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29666. "595" on negative; "C 93" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013859. Gift; State Historical Society of Co... More

Central Park and State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn

"WHJ 1209" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014775. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S. Capitol, (East front), Washington, D.C

H38455 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted, 1903 by J.B. King. On mount: Supply and Distributing office, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. No. 1464.

Main stair corridor, state capitol, St. Paul, Minn.

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The Rotunda, state capitol, St. Paul, Minn

"G 47[...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070625. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Title from jacket. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate appropriation room, Washington...

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U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate corridor in U.S. Capitol, pain...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in House, west wall, Westward Ho III

Logbook annotation: Emanuel Leutze. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current bu... More

U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate appropriation room, Washington...

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U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol dome and magnolia II

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U.S. Capitol. Senate wing of U.S. Capitol columns through archway

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with fountain in foreground, hori...

Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Statue of Execution of Law at U.S. Supre...

Old negative number: 2235-48. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. East front of U.S. Capitol at night in winter ...

Old negative number: 1875. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building wa... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol, bright sun, vertical

Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. East front of U.S. Capitol through trees II

Old negative number: 1812-3. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building ... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol from grotto in winter II

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U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol, vertical at night, dome lit VI

Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol from Washington Monument, horizon...

Titles devised. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the first President of the Unit... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol, vertical at night, dome lit V

Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More

U.S. Capitol paintings. Neptune fresco in U.S. Capitol II

Logbook annotation: Frescoes in dome by Constantino Brumidi. Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as ... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. Dome of U.S. Capitol and Peace Monument from P...

Old negative number: 1370. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building wa... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol from east grounds II

Old negative number: 2242. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building wa... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. East front of U.S. Capitol at night in winter ...

Old negative number: 1875-11. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building... More

U.S. Capitol paintings. Dedication of the painting Signing of the Cons...

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U.S. Capitol exteriors. Dome of U.S. Capitol through window

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U.S. Capitol. Airplanes flying in formation over U.S. Capitol I

Item title devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was compl... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol from Treasury Department

Old negative number: 215. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol through dogwood, vertical I

Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More

U.S. Supreme Court. View from one of statues at U.S. Supreme Court ent...

Item title devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was compl... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol from Library of Congress roof wit...

Old negative number: 1875-36. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building... More

U.S. Capitol interiors. Foreign Relations Committee room in U.S. Capit...

Old negative number: 1641-10. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. Dome of U.S. Capitol through window at night I...

Old negative number: 2273-15. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. Dome of U.S. Capitol through window at night I

Old negative number: 297. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was... More

Statues and sculpture. Brigham Young, seated, in rotunda

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kitchens in the U.S. Capitol. Senate kitchen before remodeling III

Subject card annotation: for International Nickel Co. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building un... More

Architect of the Capitol. U.S. Capitol model XI

Item title devised. Subject card annotation: Series of negatives of Capitol model in three different positions of center portico.

U.S. Capitol frescoes. Captain Smith and Pocahontas

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

U.S. Capitol exteriors. Close-up of U.S. Capitol with stairs at night ...

Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More

U.S. Capitol paintings. Eriksson's discovery of America II

Logbook annotation: After C. Krohg, 1893, by P. Krohg, 1936. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol buil... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. Drawing of U.S. Capitol, east front II

Old negative number: 9-3. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was... More

U.S. Capitol paintings. Old House of Representatives by S.F.B. Morse I...

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Avenues and streets. Load of feed spilled on Pennsylvania Ave. in fron...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Theodor Horydczak and family. Set of four photographs by Horydczak sho...

Titles devised. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the first President of the Unit... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. Close-up of U.S. Capitol II

Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More