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Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: Birds eye view of Sixth Street Wharf, Washington, D.C.
c. 1863
Additional Description: “Print shows the busy wharves in southwest Washington, DC, where wounded soldiers often arrived. In the foreground, the U.S.M. paddle steamboat ‘John Brooks’ filled with Union soldiers in the foreground, soldiers standing on dock at left, and the Mount Vernon Hotel (the Thomas Law House) flying the American flag. In the background are the unfinished Washington Monument (left), the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Capitol, portrayed as if the dome were completed (right)." — Library of Congress
Submitted: October 30, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p401883
File Size: 9.983 Megabytes

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