Early Photo of an Architectural Model of the New US Capitol Dome and the Building's Expanded Wings Designed by Thomas Ustick Walter (1856)

 

Photo of an architectural model of the new US Capitol dome and the building's expanded wings designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, c. 1856. Taken by photographer John Wood and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Alleged Photograph of Abraham Lincoln and Another Two Men Inspecting Construction of the United States Capitol’s Current Dome in Washington, D.C. (1861)

Alleged photograph of Abraham Lincoln (left) and another two men inspecting the construction of the United States Capitol’s current dome in Washington, D.C., c. 1861. From the collection of Charles F. Thomas, an engineer who helped supervise the installation of the Statue of Freedom on top of the dome. Image from Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose.