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[Candelabrum in Governor's private office, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
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Contributor
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Title
[Candelabrum in Governor's private office, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
Date
1906
Physical Description
1 photographic print : platinum on cardboard mount ; 14.5 x 23 cm. (5.5 x 9 in.), on mount 28.5 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Description
Detailed view of an ornate candelabrum hanging from the quatrefoil-patterned ceiling in the Governor's private office.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer.
The Pennsylvania State Capitol building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol.
LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48.
Reproduced in Charles H. Caffin's Handbook of the New Capitol of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Mount Pleasant Press, 1906) pg. 58, and in an article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook", p. 208.
Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject
Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Pennsylvania. Governor. -- Facilities.
Candelabras.
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Offices -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Genre
Platinum prints -- 1900-1910.
Associated name
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.20a]
Accession number
P.8479.103.20a
In Collections
Pennsylvania Capitol Collection
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