SEE CAPTION FOR MORE INFORMATION / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This 1934 image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection, shows people riding the US Capitol's subway system in Washington, DC. - Frequented by future presidents, Supreme Court justices and even the occasional movie star, it is the daily transport of choice for some of the world's most powerful movers and shakers -- yet few Americans know it exists. The Capitol Subway System underneath the US Congress has been transporting Washington's lawmakers and their aides from the Senate and House chambers to their office buildings a few blocks away away for more than a century. (Photo by Handout / Library of Congress / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Frankie TAGGART " 'Swift chariots of democracy': all aboard Washington's secret subway"