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A Capitol Tour With New England Teachers 1897
A June 12 1897 Sunday Virginian report follows Congressman on a Capitol tour with Boston and Fitchburg teachers. Guides explain construction plans paintings in the rotunda and notable rooms including the Supreme Court chamber and Vice Presidents room. The group admires McKinley era portraits and Moran canvases while a reader's love note interrupts laughter near the House chamber.
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Amos J. Cummings
Washington
Capitol
Atua
Ike
New England School
Nineternitos
Tlsq
Bwnho
Marble Terrace
Ptunda
Allway
Harty
Boston
U B
Rotunda
State Normal School
Fitchburg, Mare
Congress
Philadelphia
William Thornton
Bytephen Hallett
iPr
Fepident Washington
Seeme
Thomas Jefferson
Shington
Jefferson F
Thornton
Chman
Trumbull
Burgoyne
Bornwallis
Weir
Vanderlyn
Mississippi
Powell
Pocahontas
Chapman
Erumidi Friegee
Munich
Senate Wing
Chicopee
Mass
James ‘Monroe
Canonal
Hum- Soo
Senate Chamber
Supreme Court
Webster
Hayne
Henry Clay
Brooks
Sumner
Electoral Commission
Haynes
Henry Chig Wis i
Senate
United States
Hrumidi
Arthur
General Grant
Harrison
Cleveland
Madison
Vance
North Carolina
Tenehere
Rembrandt Penrie
George Washington
Henry Wilson
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Adhab Stevenson
Girret A A. Hobart
Stevenson
Haverhill
Miass
Addai
Henry Cabot Lodge
Fenator
Henry VII
Jefferson
House Committee On Library
Corcoran Art Gallery
Frente
Thomas Moran
Colorado
Yellowstone
House of Representatives
Reed
New England
Carpenter