National Capitol digs out of snow. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. Nearly five inches of snow blanketed the city yesterday, followed by sleet. Icy steps made the going to and from the Capitol difficult until workmen arrived this morning and scraped away the menace, 1/14/39
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- Date
- 1939
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 7,959 × 10,004 pixels
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"National Capitol digs out of snow. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. Nearly five inches of snow blanketed the city yesterday, followed by sleet. Icy steps made the going to and from the Capitol difficult until workmen arrived this morning and scraped away the menace, 1/14/39" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Capitol_digs_out_of_snow._Washington,_D.C.,_Jan._14._Nearly_five_inches_of_snow_blanketed_the_city_yesterday,_followed_by_sleet._Icy_steps_made_the_going_to_and_from_the_Capitol_LCCN2016874800.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 289832.
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