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[Pennsylvania State Capitol building at night from across the Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
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Contributor
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Title
[Pennsylvania State Capitol building at night from across the Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
Date
ca. 1901
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver on cardboard mount; 31 x 42 cm. (12 x 16.5 in.), on mount 52 x 41 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Description
The Capitol building towers over neighboring homes, businesses, and churches, as depicted in this evening photograph taken from the opposite side of the Susquehanna River.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Shows masking.
Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol building, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor.
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.
Duplicate of P.8479.107 and P.8479.113.
Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject
Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Associated name
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.112]
Accession number
P.8479.112
In Collections
Pennsylvania Capitol Collection
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