Architectural model of the new US Capitol dome and building’s expansion designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, c. 1856. Created before the old dome was demolished. [2487×1850]
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Architectural model of the new US Capitol dome and building’s expansion designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, c. 1856. Created before the old dome was demolished. [2487×1850]
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[1846 daguerreotype photo of the old dome and extent of the building.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/United_States_Capitol%2C_circa_1846%2C_by_John_Plumbe.jpg)
[Source.](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107727)