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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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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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Rudulph Evans: Statue; John Russell Pope: Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C.

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Rudulph Evans: Statue; John Russell Pope: Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C., US Library of Congress, Statute and Memorial: 1943. Photograph taken in 1983.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the 3rd…

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Statue: Frederick Hart, The Three Soldiers, Vietnam Veterans War Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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Statue: Frederick Hart, The Three Soldiers, Vietnam Veterans War Memorial, Washington, D.C., US Library of Congress, Statue: 1984.

This heroic bronze statue entitled The Three Soldiers is one of the most visited monuments in Washington, D.C. It is situated in the Vietnam Veterans…

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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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James Womer: Poster;, James Hoban, Public Architect and Developer. Architect of the White House.

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James Womer: Poster;, James Hoban, Public Architect and Developer. Architect of the White House., The White House, 1981: Poster

"Do nothing- Or, take history into our own hands and like few generations are given the chance, bend it, bend it in the service of a better day."  -…

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R.W. Johnston Studios, View of Arch "A" - Oberlin, Ohio

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R.W. Johnston Studios, View of Arch "A" - Oberlin, Ohio, Library of Congress, c 1909

Photograph of the Oberlin College (View of the Arch) "Both the college and the town of Oberlin were founded in 1833 by a pair of Presbyterian…

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Henry Morrison Flagler, Florida East Coast Railway Advert

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Henry Morrison Flagler, Florida East Coast Railway Advert, Lee Standiford, 1913

The Florida East Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I…

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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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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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