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Title: [President Theodore Roosevelt addressing the grandstand, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: Depicts a hatless President Theodore Roosevelt standing and speaking before a large crowd gathered in the grandstand in front of the new Capitol building. Patriotic bunting hangs from the stands., Signature of photographer on recto., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: President Roosevelt addressing the grand stand., 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., For more information about the dedication ceremony see Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, Chapter Four., For related views see P.8479.40-41, P.8479.96 and P.8479.101, 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.8479.84]

Title: [President Theodore Roosevelt making his address, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: Depicts a hatless President Theodore Roosevelt standing and facing Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, who is showing the President the golden key. The street below the stands is packed with spectators waiting for President Roosevelt's speech to begin during the Capitol dedication ceremony., Photographer's signature on mount., Manuscript note on verso: President Roosevelt making his address, 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., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia: 250 Historic Prints from the Library Company of Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1980) plate 181., For more information about the dedication ceremony see, Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, Chapter Four., For related views see P.8479.41, P.8479.84, P.8479.96 and P.8479.101, 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.8479.40]

Title: [President Theodore Roosevelt addressing the crowd, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: Depicts a hatless President Theodore Roosevelt standing and reading his speech before a large crowd gathered in front of the stands near the new Capitol building. A building on the left side of the street is covered in patriotic bunting and lights are strung from one side of the street to the other, over the heads of the spectators., Photographer's signature on mount., Manuscript note on verso: President Roosevelt addressing the crowd., 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., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia: 250 Historic Prints from the Library Company of Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1980) plate 181., For more information about the dedication ceremony see, Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, Chapter Four., For related views see P.8479.84, P.8479.96 and P.8479.101, 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.8479.41]

Title: [President Theodore Roosevelt addressing the crowd, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: President Theodore Roosevelt stands in the front row of a crowded grandstand near the new Capitol building and addresses the spectators in the street during the dedication ceremony. Patriotic bunting hangs from the stands., Photographer's signature on mount., Manuscript note on verso: President Roosevelt addressing the crowd., 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., For more information about the dedication ceremony see, Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, Chapter Four., For related views see P.8479.41, P.8479.84, and P.8479.101, 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.8479.96]

Title: [President Theodore Roosevelt addressing the crowd, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: View from the grandstand showing a hatless President Theodore Roosevelt standing and reading his speech before a large mass of people gathered in front of the stands near the new Capitol building. A building on the left side of the street is covered in patriotic bunting and lights are strung from one side of the street to the other, over the heads of the spectators., Photographer's signature on mount., Manuscript note on verso: President Roosevelt addressing the crowd., 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., For more information about the dedication ceremony see, Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, Chapter Four., For related views see P.8479.41, P.8479.84, and P.8479.96., 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.8479.101]

Title: [Governor Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker showing the "golden key" to the Capitol to President Theodore Roosevelt, Capitol dedication, October 4, 1906.]
Description: Depicts a large group of people in elevated stands adorned with patriotic bunting in front of the Capitol building. Pennsylvania Governor Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker is showing President Theodore Roosevelt the golden key, before the President's speech during the Capitol dedication ceremony., Photographer's signature on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Governor Pennypacker showing Golden Key to President., 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., 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.8479.38]

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