Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The National Capital at Buenos Aires is not unlike our own Capitol at Washington in general appearance, but is much more elaborately decorated in the typical South American style."
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "It should be a source of pride to American readers to know that the Constitution of the Argentine Republic is modeled upon that of the United States, with possibly a higher degree of liberty for its inhabitants."
La Plata is the capital of Buenos Aires province and is down the river a short distance towards the ocean. The Republic is politically divided into fourteen provinces, and one Federal District (Buenos Aires, the capital).
