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English: United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., east front elevation (image restoration of digital file from color film copy transparency, post-1992, of a half plate daguerreotype)
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John Plumbe  (1809–1857)  wikidata:Q3512144
 
John Plumbe
Alternative names
John, Jr. Plumbe; John Plumbe Jr.; John Plumbe, Jr; John Plumbe, Jr.
Description American photographer, daguerreotypist, gallerist, entrepreneur, publisher and inventor
Date of birth/death 13 July 1809 Edit this at Wikidata 28 May 1857 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Castle Caereinion Dubuque
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Philipsburg, Centre County (1827–1832); Saratoga Springs (1843–1847); Albany (1843–1846); New York City (1843–1847); Washington, D.C. (1844–1850); Baltimore (1843–1847); St. Catharines (1842–1843); New Orleans (1844–1845); Exeter (1841–); Dubuque (1836–March 1840); Dubuque (1841–1846); Boston (March 1840–1847); Philadelphia (1841–1847); Salem (1841–); Petersburg; Louisville; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Newport; Frederick; Portland; Harrisburg; Harrodsburg; Galena; Liverpool; Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3512144
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English: Restored version of File:Capitol.jpg (original: digital file from color film copy transparency, post-1992, of a half plate daguerreotype), with artifacts removed and levels adjusted.
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  • United States Capitol, circa 1846, by John Plumbe
    United States Capitol, circa 1846, by John Plumbe
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    USCapitol1846
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    UScapitol1846

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English: Library of Congress item 2004664419
  • Title: [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., east front elevation]
  • Creator(s): Plumbe, John, 1809-1857, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: [ca. 1846]
  • Medium: 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-51816 (digital file from original) LC-USZC4-3595 (color film copy transparency post-1992) LC-USZ62-110213 (b&w film copy neg. post-1992) LC-USZ62-46801 (b&w film copy neg. pre-1992)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Access Advisory: Original served by appointment only.
  • Call Number: DAG no. 1230
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
  • Notes:
— Title devised by Library staff.
— Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.4).
— Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
— Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 142.
— Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Built Environment section.
— Annenberg batch 12

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