Creator |
Haeseler Photographic Studios, photographer. |
Contributor |
Cooper, Colin Campbell, 1856-1937, painter. |
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Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect. |
Title |
[Pennsylvania State Capitol building, painting by Colin Campbell Cooper] [graphic] / Haesler Photographic Studios, 1513 Walnut
Street.
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Date |
1908 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print : gelatin silver on cardboard mount; 17.5 x 23 cm. (7 x 9 in.), on mount 28 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.) |
Description |
Photograph of a Colin Campbell Cooper painting of a winter scene showing the Capitol building in the distance. Taken from
the opposite side of the Susquehanna River, the view includes church steeples, homes and bare trees facing the river and people
walking on the frozen river in the foreground.
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloguer. |
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Manuscript note on mount: Compliments of Colin Campbell Cooper, 1908. |
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Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the 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.
|
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol. |
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LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48. |
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For a similar view of the Capitol, see photograph P.8479.107. |
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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 |
Cooper, Colin Campbell, 1856-1937, painter. |
Associated name |
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.108] |
Accession number |
P.8479.108 |