Description: A photograph of the United States Capitol building, located in Washington DC. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b04_f250
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Landscape photography; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Places: Washington DC
 

Description: This picture shows an airship, or blimp, flying over the United States Capitol building in Washington, D. C. The image is from a pamphlet titled "America in the Skyways," published in 1929 by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation of Akron, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05227
Subjects: Airships; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); Aviation--History
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: Reverse reads: 22258 Photo by Wilson Ohio, Columbus. Photo shows WPA worker constructing a model of the United States Capitol to be used by blind pupils to enable them to go "sightseeing." This is the only way that such handicapped people can get any idea of the construction of prominent buildings. The project is sponsored by the Ohio State School for the Blind. In 1837, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was established. In the early 1900s, the school's name was changed to the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Department of Education took control of it then. In 1953, the school moved from its location on Main Street in Columbus to 5220 North High Street View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_30_001
Subjects: Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind; Ohio. Ohio State School for the Blind; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--Pictorial works
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the front facade of the United States Capitol. The construction of the United States Capitol started in 1793 under architect William Thornton, whose design won the competition initiated by Thomas Jefferson, and provided the basis for the building. Over the course of its construction, the architects changed as each president selected a new designer. Benjamin Latrobe took over in 1803, and he was replaced by Charles Bulfinch in 1818. Thomas Ustick Walter completed the building in 1851 by adding the current dome as well as the House and Senate wings. The building is Neoclassical. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_546
Subjects: United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); domes (architectural elements); gardens; wings (building divisions); terraces (landscaped-site elements); columns (architectural elements); Neoclassical
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: This is the rear facade of the United States Capitol. The construction of the United States Capitol started in 1793 under architect William Thornton, whose design won the competition initiated by Thomas Jefferson, and provided the basis for the building. Over the course of its construction, the architects changed as each president selected a new designer. Benjamin Latrobe took over in 1803, and he was replaced by Charles Bulfinch in 1818. Thomas Ustick Walter completed the building in 1851 by adding the current dome as well as the House and Senate wings. The building is Neoclassical. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_545
Subjects: United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); domes (architectural elements); gardens; wings (building divisions); terraces (landscaped-site elements); columns (architectural elements); Neoclassical
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. and the crowd gathered to hear President William McKinley's first inaugural address, March 4, 1897. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00532
Subjects: Presidents--Inauguration--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Places: Washington (D.C.)