McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 223

Title: McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 223
Description: Caption: "U.S. Capitol Bldg. Washington D.C," c. 1925. View of the domed U.S. Capitol at night, with external lamps lit. The Capitol houses both the Senate and House of Representatives. Constructed between 1793 and 1800 and designed by architect William Thornton, the building has undergone several expansions, including the addition of the wedding-cake-style dome in the 1850s.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Washington, D.C.
Date: 1925
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb-09-223
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Type: Still Image