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[Pennsylvania State Capitol building, exterior detail of front entrance and center dome at night, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
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Contributor
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Perry, Roland Hinton, 1870-1941, sculptor.
Title
[Pennsylvania State Capitol building, exterior detail of front entrance and center dome at night, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
Date
1906
Physical Description
1 photographic print : platinum mounted on cardboard ; 14.5 x 23 cm. (5.5 x 9 in.), on mount 28.5 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the front entrance and center dome of the Capitol building taken in the evening, including at the top of the 272-feet high dome, the outline of the sculpted statue of Commonwealth, created by Roland Hinton Perry in 1904 and installed in May, 1905. Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol, 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.
Notes
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.
Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject
Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Domes -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Genre
Platinum prints -- 1900-1910.
Associated name
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Associated name
Perry, Roland Hinton, 1870-1941, sculptor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.3]
Accession number
P.8479.103.3
In Collections
Pennsylvania Capitol Collection
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