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Title: View of the dome looking up straight from the floor
Description: Interior view of the dome and drum in the Capitol building, looking straight up from the central staircase in the Rotunda. The dome rises 272 feet and was modeled after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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 O'Gorman, James F., Drawing Toward Building, p. 179., See the article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook", p. 197, for a description of this view., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.5]

Title: Supreme Court
Description: Interior view of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, including two tables in the center of the floor, surrounded by wooden balustrades. The judges' elevated bench sits against the far wall. A green and gold hemispheric glass dome, created by Alfred Godwin, rises from the ceiling., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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., See P.8479.98 for similar view., See the article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook", p.200 for a description of the Supreme Court Room., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.6]

Title: Rotunda
Description: Lanterns hang from the ceiling of a large open space adorned with enormous pillars and a large archway leading into an unidentified adjacent room., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.7]

Title: Exterior view of Capitol
Description: Exterior, oblique view of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg, showing intersecting pathways in the foreground. Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the structure, 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., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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 Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.8]

Title: Executive reception room
Description: Interior view of the Governor's ornately decorated reception room in the Capitol building, showing heavily embellished lightposts and chandeliers, two long tables, a fireplace, gilded ceiling and murals created in 1902 by Violet Oakley depicting William Penn's founding of Pennsylvania., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title from manuscript note on verso., Under the terms of Miss Oakley's contract she was "to design and paint...fifteen panels..approximately six feet in height...to form a frieze between the top of the wainscoating and the plaster cornice in the grand Executive Reception Room...These paintings shall be illustrative or allegorical of the history of the 'Founding of the State'...", 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., See the article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook". A description of the room is on pp. 199-200., For related views see P.8479.3, P.8479.10, P.8479.13, P.8479.44-45., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.9]

Title: Executive reception room
Description: Interior view of the Governor's ornately decorated reception room in the Capitol building, showing heavily embellished lightposts and a chandelier, a long table, fireplace, gilded ceiling and murals created in 1902 by Violet Oakley depicting William Penn's founding of Pennsylvania., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title from manuscript note on verso., Under the terms of Miss Oakley's contract she was "to design and paint...fifteen panels..approximately six feet in height...to form a frieze between the top of the wainscoating and the plaster cornice in the grand Executive Reception Room...These paintings shall be illustrative or allegorical of the history of the 'Founding of the State'...", 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., See the article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook". A description of the room is on pp. 199-200., For related views see P.8479.3, P.8479.9, P.8479.13, P.8479.44-45., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.10]

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