The tiling which has been in the corridors of the Capitol since 1857 is now being torn up to be replaced by marble. All of the presidents since Lincoln's time have trod this famous flooring and the old tile is much in demand by souvenir hunters

{
        link: "https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016887393/",
		
		thumbnail:{
            url :"https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/hec/32400/32446_150px.jpg",
            alt:'Image from Prints and Photographs Online Catalog -- The Library of Congress'
        }
        
		
    }

Bibliographic Information

The tiling which has been in the corridors of the Capitol since 1857 is now being torn up to be replaced by marble. All of the presidents since Lincoln's time have trod this famous flooring and the old tile is much in demand by souvenir hunters

Digital ID: (digital file from original negative) hec 32446 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.32446
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-hec-32446 (digital file from original negative)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

back to bibliographic information About This Item download this image JPEG (49kb) | JPEG (286kb) | TIFF (17.8mb) | TIFF (142.1mb)

The tiling which has been in the corridors of the Capitol since 1857 is now being torn up to be replaced by marble. All of the presidents since Lincoln's time have trod this famous flooring and the old tile is much in demand by souvenir hunters

Library of Congress

Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

The tiling which has been in the corridors of the Capitol since 1857 is now being torn up to be replaced by marble. All of the presidents since Lincoln's time have trod this famous flooring and the old tile is much in demand by souvenir hunters

Connect with the Library

Find Us On

Subscribe & Comment

Download & Play

Questions