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This black and white photograph shows a group of men who helped build the north wing of the Capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The men cut and shaped the limestone used to construct the building. Work began on the capitol on October 17, 1866, when the first cornerstone was laid for the east wing. Thirty-seven years later, the statehouse was competed at a cost of $ 3,200,588.92.
Date: 1886
Item Number: 225077
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1886c *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225077
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Business and Industry - Labor
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Men
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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