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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-149951

Description

143 p. illus. (part col.) ports. (part col.) col. maps, facsims., plan. 26 cm., An illustrated history of the United States Capitol building, with a view of the legislators at work.

Details

Descriptive Terms

History.
Public buildings
Capital and capitol.

Originator

Aikman, Lonnelle.
United States Capitol Historical Society.
National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Publication

[Washington] United States Capitol Historical Society

Description

143 p. illus. (part col.) ports. (part col.) col. maps, facsims., plan. 26 cm.
An illustrated history of the United States Capitol building, with a view of the legislators at work.

Notes

"Produced by the National Geographic Society."

Call Number

Stacks F204.C2 A45

Other People and Orgs

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
Hoban, James, ca. 1762-1831.
Thornton, William, 1759-1828.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Congress

Places

Washington (D.C.)
United States

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