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We, the people : the story of the United States Capitol, its past and its promise

Title
We, the people : the story of the United States Capitol, its past and its promise / [Lonnelle Aikman, author].
Author
Aikman, Lonnelle.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : United States Capitol Historical Society in cooperation with the National Geographic Society, 1978.

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Additional Authors
  • United States Capitol Historical Society.
  • National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Description
143 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
Summary
An illustrated history of the United States Capitol building, with a view of the legislators at work.
Subject
  • Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
  • Hoban, James, approximately 1762-1831
  • Thornton, William, 1759-1828
  • Hoban, James, approximately 1762-1831
  • Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
  • United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
  • Public buildings > Washington (D.C.) > Pictorial works
  • Capitals (Cities)
  • Public buildings
  • United States > Capital and capitol > Pictorial works
  • United States
  • Washington (D.C.)
Genre/Form
  • illustrated books.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
  • Ouvrages illustrés.
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Introduction -- The meaning of the capitol -- A building and a nation grow -- Exploring today's capitol -- Cutaway view of the capitol -- The capitol at work
ISBN
  • 0916200140
  • 9780916200145
LCCN
78057740
OCLC
  • ocm07364685
  • 7364685
  • SCSB-943607
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library