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This black and white photograph, copied from The Kansas City Star newspaper, shows the House of Representatives in session. The chamber was built in 1879 as part of the west wing of the capitol. It features plaster columns with a pink marble appearance and twenty-four karat gold leaf trim. The ceiling of the house features four allegorical paintings trimmed in a twenty-four karat gold leaf border. Today, 125 members occupy this chamber when the legislature is in session.
Creator: Kansas City Star
Date: February 15, 1931
Item Number: 225096
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1931 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225096
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Building name - Kansas Capitol
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1930s
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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