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[House of Representatives, looking toward visitors' gallery, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
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Contributor
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Title
[House of Representatives, looking toward visitors' gallery, 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
Interior view looking north in the House Chamber, showing the desks arranged in tiers and the floor gradually ascending to the back of the room, where the second floor entrances are located. This image shows the visitors' gallery over the entrances, supported by double Corinthian columns. Includes the cove and ceiling and elaborate, hanging candelabra.
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. 51, with a detailed description of the House Chambers pp. 50-55. See also article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook" pg. 198.
Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject
Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Capitols -- 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.8479.103.23]
Accession number
P.8479.103.23
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Pennsylvania Capitol Collection
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