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SCAPAI_170714_022.JPG: Under the Copper Dome
SCAPAI_170714_034.JPG: The Arizona Capitol Building shortly after construction was complete in 1900, before awnings were added in 1901, and after replanting of the grounds near the building began. The larger trees in the foreground were planted nearly a decade earlier.
SCAPAI_170714_039.JPG: Designing the Capitol
SCAPAI_170714_046.JPG: Completed Capitol
SCAPAI_170714_053.JPG: The 1938 Addition
SCAPAI_170714_059.JPG: Construction of the Legislature
SCAPAI_170714_063.JPG: Museum Rehabilitation
SCAPAI_170714_066.JPG: The Arizona Capitol Museum
SCAPAI_170714_076.JPG: Arizona's State Symbols
SCAPAI_170714_080.JPG: Arizona House of Representatives, 1949
SCAPAI_170714_082.JPG: House Gallery
SCAPAI_170714_100.JPG: State Seal
SCAPAI_170714_107.JPG: Members of the House of Representatives of the First State Legislature in 1913.
SCAPAI_170714_116.JPG: Morris Goldwater, Vice President of the Constitutional Convention
SCAPAI_170714_146.JPG: George W.P. Hunt, President of the Constitutional Convention
SCAPAI_170714_151.JPG: 1910 Enabling Act
SCAPAI_170714_156.JPG: Arizona's Constitution
SCAPAI_170714_162.JPG: The Constitutional Convention of 1910
SCAPAI_170714_165.JPG: Draft of Arizona's Constitution
SCAPAI_170714_169.JPG: Gavel used by George W.P. Hunt
Constitutional Convention (1910)
SCAPAI_170714_171.JPG: Gavel used by George W.P. Hunt
Constitutional Convention (1910)
SCAPAI_170714_181.JPG: William Howard Taft
SCAPAI_170714_192.JPG: When Arizona submitted a revised draft, eliminating the recall for the Judicial Branch, President Taft signed Arizona into Statehood on February 14, 1912.
SCAPAI_170714_196.JPG: Later that year, a referendum was introduced by Arizona's Legislature proposing an amendment to Arizona's Constitution reinstating recall for all public offices, including judges.
SCAPAI_170714_201.JPG: Know Your Rights
SCAPAI_170714_204.JPG: Creating the Bill of Rights
SCAPAI_170714_207.JPG: Our Bill of Rights is 225 Years Old
SCAPAI_170714_211.JPG: Make a Change
SCAPAI_170714_217.JPG: Speaking Out Against Inequality
SCAPAI_170714_220.JPG: State Flag
SCAPAI_170714_227.JPG: "Great Seal of the State of Arizona"
SCAPAI_170714_282.JPG: Article 22
Schedule and Miscellaneous
SCAPAI_170714_287.JPG: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
SCAPAI_170714_290.JPG: 1979-1981 Robe worn by Judge Sandra Day O'Connor during her time with the Arizona State Court of Appeals.
SCAPAI_170714_312.JPG: Arizona State Courts: The Judicial Branch
SCAPAI_170714_316.JPG: An Axe to Grind
SCAPAI_170714_320.JPG: The Sphinx
SCAPAI_170714_321.JPG: A Forlorn Hope
SCAPAI_170714_324.JPG: The Church
SCAPAI_170714_327.JPG: Judicial Recall
SCAPAI_170714_330.JPG: Finest Kid Yet
SCAPAI_170714_333.JPG: Big Discovery
SCAPAI_170714_338.JPG: The Big Question
SCAPAI_170714_351.JPG: Spirit of Arizona, 1913
SCAPAI_170714_355.JPG: Spirit of Arizona, 1913
SCAPAI_170714_358.JPG: Irrigation, 1913
SCAPAI_170714_361.JPG: Irrigation, 1913
SCAPAI_170714_364.JPG: Painted Desert, 1913
SCAPAI_170714_365.JPG: Painted Desert, 1913
SCAPAI_170714_375.JPG: Arizona Mine Inspector
SCAPAI_170714_382.JPG: Mexican Miner
SCAPAI_170714_385.JPG: Branding Livestock
SCAPAI_170714_402.JPG: Apache Wars
SCAPAI_170714_422.JPG: Arizona 1852
SCAPAI_170714_432.JPG: The interactive displays had a malware alert when I was there
SCAPAI_170714_449.JPG: How did Arizona get its unique shape?
SCAPAI_170714_454.JPG: Flag of the United States of America, 1848-1851
SCAPAI_170714_459.JPG: Second national flag of Mexico, 1823-1864
SCAPAI_170714_470.JPG: James Gadsden
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
SCAPAI_170714_488.JPG: James K. Polk
SCAPAI_170714_491.JPG: Mariano Arista
Mexican General
SCAPAI_170714_497.JPG: Zachary Taylor
United States General
SCAPAI_170714_501.JPG: Arizona Takes Shape
SCAPAI_170714_564.JPG: Ballot Box
SCAPAI_170714_573.JPG: Suffragist
SCAPAI_170714_587.JPG: Countdown to the Election
Days / Hours / Minutes
SCAPAI_170714_589.JPG: The Natural Bridge
by David Swing, 1937-39
SCAPAI_170714_593.JPG: Hopi Boomerang Throwers
by Lon Megargee, 1913
SCAPAI_170714_598.JPG: Trench Art Desk Set
Gift to Governor George W.P. Hunt most likely from a World War One veteran made from an exploded artillery shell, ca 1917-1934
SCAPAI_170714_612.JPG: Wesley Bolin Plaza
A Civil and Military Memorial
Expansion of the Capitol Mall was a byproduct of the additions to the Capitol Building and the growing number of memorials. Practical considerations like parking and traffic flow around the Capitol, and a desire to beautify the complex with an urban park provided the impetus and the iconic USS Arizona inspired the design.
AAA "Gem": AAA considers this location to be a "must see" point of interest. To see pictures of other areas that AAA considers to be Gems, click here.
Wikipedia Description: Arizona State Capitol
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona, formerly housed the Territorial and State Legislatures, as well as various executive offices. These have relocated to adjacent buildings, and the Capitol is maintained as a museum.
History:
The building was created as part of an effort to demonstrate that the Arizona Territory was ready for statehood. A design contest was won by James Riely Gordon, whose design was based on a failed proposal for the Mississippi State Capitol. The Capitol broke ground in 1898, and opened in 1901 It was home to the Legislature until 1960, and the Governor's Office until 1974. After a restoration, the building became a museum in 1981.
Architecture:
The building is made largely from materials indigenous to Arizona, including malapai, granite, and the copper dome. The design is optimized for the desert climate of Arizona, with thick masonry walls that insulate the interior, skylights, and round "bullseye" clerestory windows to let heat out of the legislative chambers. The building is topped with a windvane similar to the Winged Victory of Samothrace, visible through a skylight from within the rotunda.
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2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA,
a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin),
New York City, and
my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona).
For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about:
"Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo),
"The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy),
"The American Spirit" (David McCullough),
"Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert),
"The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and
"The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover).
Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.
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