State Library of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Capitol Centennial Collection

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Pennsylvania Capitol Centennial Collection Historic descriptions, explanations, and illustrated visitors' guidebooks to the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building.
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Handbook of the new capitol of Pennsylvania
Handbook of the new capitol of Pennsylvania
Capitol complex (Harrisburg, Pa.)
A richly illustrated guidebook to the art and architecture of the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Published when the building was brand new, the book's purpose -- according to the Foreword -- was "to serve as an interpreter; to help the reader to appreciate something of the problems involved and the way in which they have been solved; to search out the innumerable manifestations of beauty; and, above all, to discover in this material creation a living, high ideal."
New Capitol at Harrisburg, Pa.
New Capitol at Harrisburg, Pa.
Pennsylvania -- Capital and capitol -- Pictorial works, Capitol Complex (Harrisburg, Pa.)
A commercially-produced viewbook of interior photographs taken in the 'new' state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania around the time of the building's dedication in 1906. Consists of 46 pages of plates.