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Title: The story of Washington, the National Capital
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Todd, Charles Burr, 1849-
Subjects: White House (Washington, D.C.) United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: New York London : G.P. Putnam's Sons : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ALLEGORICAL GROUP ON PORTICO OF THE CAPITOL,DESIGNED BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Quincy Adams, symbolical of the Genius of America.At the right and left of the main entrance, in niches,are two massive statues of Italian marble, represent-ing Peace and War. A basso-relievo representingWashington as being crowned with laurel by Fameand Peace is seen over the door. The door itself isa triumph of art. It is of bronze, massive in form,and bears designs in high relief, intended to illustratethe career of Columbus—the work of the American
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THE ROGERS BRONZE DOOR AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CAPITOL. 199 200 THE STORY OF WASHINGTON. sculptor Randolph Rogers. The Senate and Houseextensions have similar porticos, supported by mas-sive marble columns, and on the tympanum of theSenate portico is a marble group sculptured byThomas Crawford, representing American civilizationand the decadence of the Indian races. There arealso porticos on the north and south projections, andon the west front, and a series of pilasters and col-umns that extend quite around the edifice. Such is the exterior of this grand temple of thepeople. Let us enter and see how the peoples busi-ness is conducted within. There are here three greatbranches of government each worthy of our carefulattention—the House of Representatives, the Sen-ate, the Supreme Court. Here too is the peopleslibrary, originally designed for the sole use of mem-bers of Congress and other officers of government,but which has become such a vast storehouse andtreasury of books that

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