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Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a distant view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building at the end of a pathway in a park in Harrisburg. In the left, a building with two towers stands adjacent to a building with a spire. In the center stands the Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial, a tall obelisk. The Capitol is adorned with pillars and a dome. The State Capitol building was designed in 1902 by Joseph Miller Huston. Known as Huston Capitol, it was the third state capitol building to be built in Harrisburg. The first, Hills Capitol, was razed by fire in 1897 and the second, Cobb Capitol, was discontinued in 1899 due to lack of funds. The Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial was designed by Edward Hudson Worrall to honor local soldiers who died during the Civil War. Construction began in 1867, and was completed in 1876 after financial setbacks. The monument was moved in 1959-1960 to Third and Division Streets, away from the Capitol building., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 23, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.65]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, exterior detail of front entrance and center dome at night, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of the front entrance and center dome of the Capitol building taken in the evening, including at the top of the 272-feet high dome, the outline of the sculpted statue of Commonwealth, created by Roland Hinton Perry in 1904 and installed in May, 1905. 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.8479.103.3]

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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