MAKE A MEME View Large Image View of the Rotunda looking straight up. State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama LCCN2010637480.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; ...
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Keywords: View of the Rotunda looking straight up. State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama LCCN2010637480.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 090 ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; The first Capitol building was built in 1847 and was destroyed by fire in 1849 The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations and wascompleted in 1851 The building has grown over time with an east wing added to the rear in 1885 a south wing in 1906 a matching north wing in 1912 and along with a complete renovation to the wholebuilding a modern addition to the rear in 1992 The building also served as the Capitol of the Confederacy in 1861 and a commemorative brass marker in the shape of a six-pointed star is set at the preciselocation where Jefferson Davis stood on February 18 1861 to take his oath of office as first and only President of the Confederate States of America ; Forms part of George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010637480 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/05600/05639a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 05639 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 05639 220px PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith
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