BGuthrie Photos: AZ -- Phoenix -- State Capitol Museum -- Gratitude Train

AZ -- Phoenix -- State Capitol Museum -- Gratitude Train:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. AZGRAT_170714_01.JPG: The "Gratitude" Train
2. AZGRAT_170714_11.JPG: With Gratitude for America's Friendship
3. AZGRAT_170714_13.JPG: The Gratitude Train Artifacts from the French Merci Train Collection
4. AZGRAT_170714_15.JPG: French Provincial Map
5. AZGRAT_170714_18.JPG: Friendship Train
6. AZGRAT_170714_21.JPG: Truman Cool to Vets' Bonus
7. AZGRAT_170714_23.JPG: The gifts displayed in this case were delivered inside of Arizona's boxcar. The Arizona Capitol Museum holds over 2,000 Merci Train gifts, labels, and other materials.
8. AZGRAT_170714_28.JPG: Transporting the Gratitude Train
9. AZGRAT_170714_32.JPG: Arizona's Boxcar Arrives
10. AZGRAT_170714_35.JPG: Boxcars were removed from the Magellan and transported on trucks through New York City.
11. AZGRAT_170714_43.JPG: Fate of Arizona's Boxcar
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Wikipedia Description: Arizona State Capitol
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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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