The grounds of the U.S. Capitol have played host to millions of visitors, not to mention every flavor of celebrations and demonstrations. But it’s not often that you see a car parts strewn across the Capitol’s well-groomed grounds. Reference librarian Jon Eaker spotted this photo among photographs recently digitized from the U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection and noted “When I first saw this photo I had no idea why it was taken or who the men were. I just liked the rather surreal view of a car in pieces in front of the Capitol on a nice spring day while two men sit on the car seat discussing something.”
