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100 images Created 25 Oct 2013

Iowa

The only capitol building with 5 domes, Iowa's capitol stands tall above the Des Moines River and the city's downtown.
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  • Table lamp in the Law Library of the Iowa State Capitol
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  • One of the spiral stair cases leading from the second floor to mezzanine and visitors galleries of the House and Senate chambers.
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  • Detail of wall decorations on the first floor of the Iowa state capitol featuring palm leaves and running swastika pattern.
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  • The Law Library of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines
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  • Looking up into the dome of the Iowa state capitol from the second  floor of the rotunda - detail photo.
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  • "Westward", an allegorical painting depicting the American settling of Iowa, was finished in 1905 by New York artist Edwin H. Blashfield.
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  • View toward the rotunda of the Iowa state capitol from the mezzanine level above the grand staircase.
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  • Window dressing in the House chamber of the Iowa state capitol
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  • Cast iron seats in the visitors gallery of the House chamber of the Iowa state capitol
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  • View of the wall above the Grand Stair from the second floor of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • View from the landing of the Grand Stair looking toward the rotunda of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • View of the Grand Stair and its surroundings, looking toward the rotunda from the second floor of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • View from the landing of the Grand Stair looking toward the rotunda of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Balustrade of Grand Stair of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Detail of the newel post decorations on the north side of the first floor landing. Note the humming bird sampling flowers.
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  • Art holds up the mirror of Truth in this lunette by American Artist Kenyon Cox. Created in 1906, it is one of a series of eight allegorical paintings depicting the progress of civilization which decorate the upper rotunda of the Iowa state capitol.
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  • Detail of decorations above the entrance to the Senate chambers of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Fame, one of twelve allegorical statues, executed in 1885 by S. Cottin, decorating the upper rotunda of the Iowa state capitol.
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  • Industry, one of twelve allegorical statues, executed in 1885 by S. Cottin, decorating the upper rotunda of the Iowa state capitol.
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  • Festooned newel posts on the first floor landing of the Grand Stair of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines. Note the butterfly and lady bug on the nearest swag.
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  • Hunting, one of eight lunettes by American Artist Kenyon Cox in 1906, which decorate the upper rotunda of the Iowa state capitol.
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  • Quote from William Pitt, 1759-1806, English jurist and Prime Minister, above the Law Library entrance on the second floor of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Topped by bronze lamp stands in the form of young women, festooned newel posts grace the first floor landing of the Grand Stair of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Carved marble balusters at the second floor landing of the grand stair in the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Looking up into the dome of the Iowa state capitol from the first floor of the rotunda
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  • Nymph lamp stand atop the southern newel post on the first floor landing of the grand stair in the Iowa state capitol in Des Moine.
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  • View of the first floor landing of the Grand Stair of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
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  • West elevation of the Iowa state capitol taken from the south west.
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  • Eastern elevation of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • West elevation of the Iowa state capitol taken from the south west.  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • West elevation of the Iowa state capitol taken from the south west.  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • West elevation of the Iowa state capitol taken from the south west.  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • West elevation of the Iowa state capitol taken from the south west.  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • West elevation of the Iowa state capitol taken from the south west.  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Detail of pediment sculpture above the portico of the west entrance to the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Detail of the exterior of the central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Detail of pediment sculpture above the portico of the west entrance to the Iowa state capitol  Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Detail of central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Close up of the south eastern dome of the Iowa state capitol.
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  • Night photos of the central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Eastern elevation of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines, taken from the southeast.
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  • Night photos of the central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Late evening photograph of the western elevation of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Late evening photograph of the western elevation of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Late evening photograph of the western elevation of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Late evening photograph of the western elevation of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Late evening photograph of the western elevation of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Iowa State Capitol - Des Moines
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  • Late day photo of the central dome of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • North wing stair leading from the first to the second floor of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Decorative brackets in the upper rotunda of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Looking up from the second floor into the rotunda of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines
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  • Decorative carvings in the House chamber of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Skylight in the House chamber of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Chandelier in the House chamber of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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  • Marble pediment over an interior door on the first floor of the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines.
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