Unknown Wing of the Capitol building with flag at half-staff.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0011 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 23 May 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 9.8 x 10.4 cm. Order a Copy
A print of a photograph taken of the Grand Review of the Union Army on May 23rd, 1865. The photograph shows the north wing of the US Capitol building with the camera facing south-west. There is a large crowd in front of the Capitol, presumably soldiers, and the Capitol is decorated in funeral bunting. A flag flying on the roof is at half-mast. From the Gardner-Ordway collection, a small format (half stereo-card size) print (labeled on verso 1281 XXVI). An albumen print, unmounted.
Date and event identified by research of similar photographs in the Library of Congress collection.
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