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Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of the Capitol building, showing the long path leading to the main entrance of the building. The bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899, stands in the middle of the path. 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., Photographer's signature on mount., 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.8479.39]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of the Capitol building, showing the long path leading to the main entrance of the building. The bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899, stands in the middle of the path. 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., Photographer's signature on mount., 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.8479.39]

Title: [Dedication officials leaving the Capitol, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: Dedication officials, including President Theodore Roosevelt, walk from the main entrance of the Capitol building and pass by the bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899. 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., Signature of photographer on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Dedication officials leaving the Capitol., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., For more information about the dedication ceremony see, Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, Chapter Four., 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: October 4, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.94]

Title: [Distinguished visitors and officials leaving the Capitol, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: Dedication officials holding umbrellas walk from the main entrance of the Capitol building and pass by the bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899. 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., Signature of photographer on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Distinguished visitors and officials leaving the Capitol., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., For more information about the dedication ceremony see, Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, Chapter Four., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., See P.8479.94 for a similar view., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: October 4, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.95]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of the front of the Capitol building, including the bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899. 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., 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.
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.1]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, exterior detail of front entrance and center dome, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior detail of the front entrance and center dome of the Capitol building, including at the top of the 272-feet high dome, the sculpted statue of Commonwealth, created by Roland Hinton Perry in 1904 and installed in May, 1905. Also visible in the lower lefthand corner, is the bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899. 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., 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.
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.2]

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