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Tea Party Photos, Washington DC, 03/20/2010, Capitol West Lawn 1
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The unusual ceiling is formed by nine lobed vaults held by stone ribs supported by heavy brick piers and a three-bay arcade built parallel to the old east wall. The new masonry ceiling did not impose any additional weight or put new lateral pressure on the old walls and thus was supported independently of the old work. It was daring to attempt such a ceiling over a one-story room and clever for not using the old walls for support. It is one of Latrobe’s most admired achievements.
We went to the Capitol Building! Unfortunately, as you can read in my blog (http://christhedunn.wordpress.com), we didn't get to tour the actual building.
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Walking back over to the Capitol Building, the four of us, me, Heidi, Kristi, and Cristian capture a moment from our DC trip. Cristian's tripod for his camera really came in handy this day.
The United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The United States Capitol
East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-226-8000
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Washington, D.C. USA North America
03/23/2013
(Reverse side) A ticket to the January 20, 2021 inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. In July 2020, I requested two tickets through my congresswoman’s office to the 2021 presidential inauguration with the intention of going no matter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. History had other plans. This garnet ticket would have admitted me to the West Front of the United States Capitol on that day.
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Marble busts of the earliest chief justices have been returned to their original locations in the room. In order of service, those represented are: John Jay (1789-1795), John Rutledge (1795), Oliver Ellsworth (1796-1800), and John Marshall (1801-1835).
At a lower level and separated from the bench by a wooden balustrade is the area that was reserved for attorneys presenting cases before the Court.
Marble busts of the earliest chief justices have been returned to their original locations in the room. In order of service, those represented are: John Jay (1789-1795), John Rutledge (1795), Oliver Ellsworth (1796-1800), and John Marshall (1801-1835).
At a lower level and separated from the bench by a wooden balustrade is the area that was reserved for attorneys presenting cases before the Court.
Marble busts of the earliest chief justices have been returned to their original locations in the room. In order of service, those represented are: John Jay (1789-1795), John Rutledge (1795), Oliver Ellsworth (1796-1800), and John Marshall (1801-1835).
Car of History Clock
This marble sculpture, created in 1819, is among the oldest works of art in the U.S. Capitol. It depicts Clio, the muse of History, holding a book in which she records events as they unfold.
•Artist: Carlo Franzoni
•Medium: Marble
•Date: 1819
•Location: National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol
Clio, the muse of History, stands in a winged chariot, or car, representing the passage of time. The car rests on a marble globe on which signs of the Zodiac are carved in relief. The chariot wheel is the face of the clock; its works, installed in 1837, are by Simon Willard.
The room in which the sculpture stands was originally the Hall of the House of Representatives. The House moved to its present chamber in 1857, and in 1864 the room was set aside for the display of statues donated by the states; today, it is known as National Statuary Hall.
James A. Garfield
This statue of James Garfield was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Ohio in 1886. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from 1881 until he died from a gunshot wound 200 days later.
•Artist: Charles H. Niehaus
•Material: Marble
•State: Given by Ohio in 1886
•Location: Rotunda, U.S. Capitol
James Abram Garfield, born November 19, 1831, was the last American president to be born in a log cabin. He grew up in poverty and first tried his hand at being a frontier farmer. He was able to finish his studies, first at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (Hiram College) and later at Williams College; he was just under 30. In 1859 Garfield was elected to the Ohio Senate as a Republican. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860.
Garfield became a major general in the Union Army during the Civil War and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, where he served on the Military Affairs Committee and the Ways and Means Committee and became an expert in public finance. He was a firm supporter of backing money with gold, but not a strong supporter of a high tariff. Garfield was elected to the Senate in 1880 but never served, as he also was elected president.
His short presidency was quite stormy due to the numerous political problems he inherited. He also generated some of his own by personally making even the most minor political appointment in his administration, and his selection of moderate Republicans angered the conservative faction known as the “Stalwarts.”
On July 2, 1881, President Garfield was shot in a Washington railroad station, located on the Mall, by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker. Garfield died from his gunshot wound 11 weeks later on September 19, 1881. He is also honored with a monument on Capitol Grounds.
Today’s visitors to the Old Senate Chamber will find reproductions of senator’s desks arranged in four semi-circular rows. The original mahogany desks are now located in the present Senate chamber and were made by New York cabinetmaker Thomas Constantine, who in 1819 supplied “48 desks for Members, each $34.” Constantine also provided forty-eight matching chairs; this design is still used today for chairs made for the present Senate chamber.
Below the eagle and the canopy is the desk of the Vice President of the United States. The Constitution provides that “The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate….” (Art. I, Sec. 3). This original desk, faced with a red “modesty” curtain, was used by every vice president from George Clinton to John Breckinridge.
Reproduction of Senate Chamber Desk
•Desk, Senate Chamber (Reproduction)
•by Engelhard and Koenig, Inc.
•Mahogany, mahogany veneer, 1976
•Overall Measurement:
oHeight: 33.25 inches (84.5 cm)
oWidth: 29.5 inches (74.9 cm)
oDepth: 19 inches (48.3 cm)
•Cat. no. 65.00042.018
Reproduction of Senate Chamber Chair
•Chair, Senate Chamber (Reproduction)
•by Engelhard and Koenig, Inc.
•Mahogany, loose leather cushion stuffed with hair, on cane seat, 1976
•Overall Measurement:
oHeight: 37 inches (94 cm)
oWidth: 23 inches (58.4 cm)
oDepth: 22 inches (55.9 cm)
•Cat. no. 65.00043.001
Vice President’s Desk
•Desk, Vice President’s
•by Thomas Constantine (attributed)
•Mahogany, wool, 1819 ca.
•Overall Measurement:
oHeight: 31.13 inches (79.1 cm)
oWidth: 75.38 inches (191.5 cm)
oDepth: 25.50 inches (64.8 cm)
•Cat. no. 65.00044.000
This mahogany desk was likely made by Thomas Constantine, a cabinetmaker from New York. Following the Capitol’s near destruction in 1814 by invading British forces, Constantine was paid for supplying the Senate with, among other items, one “Large Desk for President of Senate” as a cost of $140.
A similar style desk is depicted in engravings of the chamber that date as early as 1848. The desk was used by the Senate until 1859 when they vacated the room for their new chamber. Likely put into storage when the Supreme Court took over the space, the desk was later returned to the Senate in 1973 for the restoration of the historic room.
Large Podium Desk
•Desk, Large Podium
•by Engelhard and Koenig, Inc.
•Mahogany, 1976
•Overall Measurement:
oHeight: 32.12 inches (81.59 cm)
oWidth: 130 inches (330.2 cm)
oDepth: 17 inches (43.18 cm)
•Cat. no. 65.00046.001
The United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The United States Capitol
East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-226-8000
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Washington, D.C. USA North America
03/23/2013
Tea Party Photos, Washington DC, 03/20/2010, Capitol West Lawn 1
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Small Senate Rotunda Chandelier
This chandelier has hung in the Small Senate Rotunda since 1965. Imported from Europe in 1903, it previously hung in a historic Baltimore theater and a Capitol Hill church. Originally smaller, it has been enlarged and modified over its history.
•Subject: Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
•Location: Small Senate Rotunda, U.S. Capitol
The chandelier hanging in the Small Senate Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol has attracted attention ever since it was installed in 1965. It was purchased for $1,500 from the ABC Wrecking Co., which had removed it from the Capitol Hill United Methodist Church on Seward Square in southeast Washington, D.C., before razing that building. Although its manufacturer is not known, the chandelier was imported from Europe in 1903 for the grand Maryland Theater in Baltimore. Over the years this theater was the scene of vaudeville, film and live dramatic presentations.
When the theater was being razed in 1951, a parishioner purchased the chandelier for Trinity Methodist Church (later renamed the Capitol Hill United Methodist Church). The chandelier was smaller then: it consisted of the six-foot bronze ring, which was ornamented in relief and coarse filigree; a smaller ring that formed the main basket; and a large crystal ball attached to the basket, which terminated the chandelier. The pastor added eight glass arms, hurricane lamps, a brass crown, and Czechoslovakian crystal chains leading to the crown, thus making the fixture eight feet wide and eleven feet high. When it was acquired by the Architect of the Capitol, the chandelier was rewired and lamp sockets were replaced. The eight fragile glass arms on the main ring were replaced with sixteen short bronze arms. Each arm terminates in a glass bobeche with a circle of pendent crystal prisms.
The chandelier is estimated to have 14,500 crystals and weighs nearly 2,000 pounds. It is suspended from an electrically driven winch on a steel cable, which allows it to be lowered for cleaning.