Rare! CIVIL War Capitol Building East Portico Stereoview Photo 1865

  
CIVIL WAR CAPITOL BUILDING EAST PORTICO STEREOVIEW PHOTO 1865. A UNION NAVAL OFFICER, WITH HIS SON (IN A MINIATURE NAVY OFFICER UNIFORM) STAND AT THE TOP LEVEL OF THE WASHINGTON D. EAST PORTICO ENTRANCE TO THE U. CAPITOL BUILDING STEPS ADMIRING THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND ART THAT SURROUND THEM WHILE MEN AND BOYS SIT AND STAND ON AND NEAR THE LOWER LEFT STAIRS. NOTICE THE CAREFUL CROPPING OF THE PHOTO ONLY SHOWING THE LOWER SECTION OF THE DOME THATS NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PHOTO IMAGE WAS TAKEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND PUBLISHED IN 1866.

ON THE REVERSE IS THE PERIOD HAND WRITTEN TITLE ON THE MOUNT BY THE PUBLISHER FROM 1866 " Entrance to Capitol " WITH THE STEREOVIEW'S 1866 PUBLISHER'S TITLE LABEL PLACED ON THE REVERSE FROM ANOTHER STEREOVIEW PHOTO TITLE BY THE PUBLISHER TAKEN IN 1866 AND ENTERED IN THE CLERKS OFFICE IN 1866 IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE ON THE TOP OF THE PARTIALLY TRIMMED OFF TITLE OF THE REVERSES LABEL ANOTHER TITLE THAT CAN'T BE DISCERNED.

Photographed and entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, in the Clerk's Office in and for the District of Columbia. DIMENSIONS: 3 3/16" x 6 11/16". VERY SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE FOR ITS 158+ YEARS.

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