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O T H E R   I M A G E S   —   (91 images, first 5 shown - show all images in this category)
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Exterior Order (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*047 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Peristyle of Dome (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*048 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Details of Second Story of Dome (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU.059-1873 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU.059-1926.02 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Details of Upper Part of Cupola (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU.059-2013 > Image Source
D E S I G N   D R A W I N G S   /   S K E T C H E S   —   (148 images, first 5 shown - show all images in this category)
	[United States Capitol Extension] Detail Sketches of Ventilation Plans (John Skirving, Architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SKV*005*001b > Image Source
	[United States Capitol Extension] Sketches of Portable Bakeoven/boilers for ventilation system (John Skirving, Architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SKV*005*002 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] South Elevation (Walter, Thomas U., architect, 1851) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*005 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Congressonal Library, Detail of Arch and Frieze (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect, 1852) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*007 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Plan of Principal Story, South Wing (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect, 6/27/1853) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*008 > Image Source
P R E S E N T A T I O N   D R A W I N G S   —   (8 images, first 5 shown - show all images in this category)
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Design for Extension and New Dome (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect, 1855) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*002 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Perspective Rendering (Walter, Thomas U., architect, 1851) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*004 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Perspective Rendering (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*024 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Rendered elevation of original Capitol building (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*031 > Image Source
	[Dome & Extension, U.S. Capitol] Perspective Rendering (Thomas Ustick Walter, architect) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*059*032 > Image Source
M O D E L   P H O T O G R A P H S   —   (4 images, all shown)
	[U. S. Capitol Sculpture] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-P-007-001 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol Sculpture] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-P-007-002 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol Dome and Extension Construction] Model for capital Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-P-008-015 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol Dome and Extension Construction] Model for capital Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-P-008-016 > Image Source
C O N S T R U C T I O N   P H O T O G R A P H S   —   (25 images, first 5 shown - show all images in this category)
	[U. S. Capitol Dome and Extension Construction] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-P-008-003.02 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-012 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-013 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-005.02 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-001 > Image Source
A S - B U I L T   P H O T O G R A P H S   —   (21 images, first 5 shown - show all images in this category)
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-002.01 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-003 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-006.01 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-006.02 > Image Source
	[U. S. Capitol] Statuary for North Wing Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 122-ST-003-014 > Image Source
P R I N T S   —   (2 images, all shown)
	[United States Capitol] Local ID #: Bowen-125 Bowen, Daniel. A History of Philadelphia: With a Notice of Villages in the Vicinity. Philadelphia: Daniel Bowen, 1839., p. 125 > Image Source
Image Not Available Online - Details	[U. S. Capitol] The Country Seats of the United States of North America, with some Scenes connected with them, the Capitol at Washington (W. Birch) Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 001-PR-283 > Image Source
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