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My Google Reader coughed up this new addition to the National Archives Flickr site this week...

Muralcleaning 

According to the National Archives, this is a photograph of workers cleaning a mural in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, circa 1970-1971. I love how the guys on the scaffolding are just about the same height as the guys in the mural. You have to look hard to figure out who's a person and who's a painting.

Given that the murals chronicle the nation's founding, it's also of note that the guys on the scaffolding are way more racially diverse than the guys in the mural.

Image credit: National Archives Flickr site

04 September 2009 in visual politics |

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