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Ansel Adams/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Photograph (Completed);, Hoover Dam

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Ansel Adams/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Photograph (Completed);, Hoover Dam, Library of Congress, 1941: Completed (Photograph)

"Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a…

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Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning

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Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1888

Note the Gallery Media section to the left for the following two articles. - Public Voices Volume III No. I. Public Architecture As A Political and…

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Bain News Service, Albany State Education Building

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Bain News Service, Albany State Education Building, Library of Congress, 1910

Photo shows the New York State Department of Education Building in Albany, which was dedicated on October 17, 1912. Architect of the building was…

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Beatrice M. Queral, View of the Old Capitol - Tallahassee, Florida

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Beatrice M. Queral, View of the Old Capitol - Tallahassee, Florida, Florida Capitol: My Florida, 1845 originally; 2008 for new building

The Florida State Capitol is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The first capitol was originally built in 1826, but it was never completed. This…

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Edward Sachse & Co., U.S. Patent Office

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Edward Sachse & Co., U.S. Patent Office, U.S. Patent Office, 1836

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors…

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Elijah E. Myers, Texas Capitol from the South Ground

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Elijah E. Myers, Texas Capitol from the South Ground, Texas Legislature, 1888

The Texas Capitol is recognized as one of the most distinguished state capitols in the country. It's an excellent example of a late 19th century…

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami Beach Venetian Causeway

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami Beach Venetian Causeway, Florida Department of State, 1926

The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between Miami on the mainland and Miami Beach on abarrier island in south Florida. The man-made Venetian…

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami - U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami - U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Florida Department of State, 1933

Located at 300 NE 1st Avenue in downtown Miami, FL. this U.S. Post Office and Courthouse three-story building was given a Mediterranean revival by…

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Glenna Goodacre, First Memorial in the United States Capital Honoring Women's Military Service

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Glenna Goodacre, First Memorial in the United States Capital Honoring Women's Military Service, US Library of Congress, November 11, 1993

This is the first memorial to be placed in the nation's capital in honor of the military service of women. It is on the grounds of the Vietnam…

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Henry Bacon (Architect) & Daniel Chester French (Sculptor), The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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Henry Bacon (Architect) & Daniel Chester French (Sculptor), The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Lincoln Statue Unveiling: 1920.

The Lincoln Memorial was one outcome of the 1901 Senate Park Commission, which sought to reimagine Washington D.C.’s National Mall as a grand display…

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