Interior view of elaborately decorated office showing paneled walls, fireplace, oak over-mantel, chandeliers and governor's desk. Portrait paintings of former Pennsylvania Governors line the walls of the office., Signature of photographer on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount., 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 the article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook", p. 206. A description of the office is on p. 200., See P.8479.04 for a a related 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.8479.31]
Interior view of elaborately decorated office showing paneled walls, fireplace, oak over-mantel, chandeliers and governor's desk. Portrait paintings of former Pennsylvania Governors line the walls of the office., 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 the article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook", p. 206. A description of the office is on p. 200., See P.8479.31 for a related 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.8479.4]
Interior view of elaborately decorated office showing paneled walls, fireplace, oak over-mantel, candelabras and governor's desk. Depicts the room before portrait paintings of former Pennsylvania Governors lined the walls of the office., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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 Charles H. Caffin's Handbook of the New Capitol of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Mount Pleasant Press, 1906) pg. 57., Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date
1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.19]