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New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.). New York State Capitol competition drawings and construction photographs, circa 1866-1870.

Title: New York State Capitol competition drawings and construction photographs, circa 1866-1870.

Included are nineteen albumen photographs and one print of architectural drawings submitted by architects for the competition to design the New York State Capitol building in Albany, circa 1866-1870. Competing architects and architectural firms represented here include Adams & Worthen, Louis Burger, Fuller & Gilman, Fuller & Laver, Schulze & Schoen, and several unidentified architects. Of note are drawings for the New York State Capitol by Louis Burger and Schulze & Schoen bearing inscriptions to Obadiah B. Latham, a member of the Capitol Commission. Also included are nine photographs showing construction in progress on the Capitol between July and September, 1869. Photographs of competition drawings by Schulze & Schoen for the Iowa Capitol, the New York Post Office, and the New York Life Insurance Company Building, as well as an unsigned drawing of the Ohio Capitol building are additionally part of this collection. Several of the images are labeled by the photographer E.S.M. Haines, also practicing as Haines & Wickes, in Albany, New York.

ArchivalResource: 39 items.

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New York State Capitol competition drawings and construction photographs, circa 1866-1870

Title: New York State Capitol competition drawings and construction photographs, circa 1866-1870

ArchivalResource: 39 images (1 box)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_3460559 View