Details
Contributor Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Title [Standard for Governor's Reception Room, with craftsman in workshop] [graphic].
Date 1906
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver mounted on cardboard ; 10.5 x 24 cm. (4 x 9.5 in.), on mount 14 x 31 cm. (5.5 x 12 in.)
Description Depicts a very elaborate bronze standard, with one tier of globes capped by bronze ornaments. In the middle of the bronze base, two cherubs are each blowing two horns. A workman, probably from the bronze factory, is standing next to the standard. A work table with a collection of tools appears in the background. Similar standard lamps were used throughout the Capitol building constructed in 1902 to 1906.
Notes Typed label on verso: Standard for the State Capitol Building. Mr. Joseph M. Huston, Architect. 9' 8" high. Weight 1355 lbs. S. 16 Gold. Four of this class.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol.
An image of this standard appears in Charles H. Caffin's Handbook of the New Capitol of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Mount Pleasant Press, 1906) p. 59.
See P.8479.9-10 and P.84790.13 for William H. Rau's photographs of the Executive Reception Room which show the standards.
LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48.
Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Light fixtures -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Standards -- 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.8479.51]
Accession number P.8479.51