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File Details: ASNBm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Copy Negative, 22.1 Mb

Image ID: ASNB

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1860.11

Equipment:

block and tackle

Locations & Lines:

Washington DC; District of Columbia

Structures & Establishments:

US Capitol (Washington DC)

Sources:

Library of Congress

Library of Congress says: The “Lincoln column,” first monolith raised, Nov. 1860, Presidential election, being S. column of connecting corridor [Summary: Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including African American workmen with a column named in the photograph to recognize Abraham Lincoln’s election as president on Nov. 6, 1860.]

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