This study model of plaster was constructed by the Office of the Architect of the Capitol in 19031904 through the employment of Emile Garet, modeler, with trained assistants, when the Honorable Joseph G. Cannon was Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the purpose of showing the proposed extension of the East Front of the Capitol. The dimensions are: Length: 12 feet 7 inches. Height: 4 feet 9 inches (From platform to Platform on which model rests is: 13 feet 2 inch long, 6 feet wide, 4 inches thick. During the period 1937-1938, the model which had been stored in various spaces in the Capitol Building, was placed for display in the Crypt of the Capitol. Necessary repairs were made and in order to provide proper protection from accident and dust, it was placed on a wood table about which a velvet curtain, weighted at the bottom, was hung, and the model completely enclosed by a glass case. The case is constructed in sections so that it may be readily removed for dismantling for moving or shipment of the model. The model has been exhibited in several expositions in this country and abroad, including: 1915: Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California 1926: Sesquicentennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1928-29: International Exposition, Seville, Spain 1937: Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio. At the Exposition at Seville, Spain, the Jury of Awards selected the model as the outstanding feature of the exhibit of the Commission of Fine Arts and awarded it the Gold Medal. This distinction is pleasing to those who have seen this wonderful model of the Capitol and admired it for its beauty and its accuracy in the workmanship displayed. MOTTOES IN PLAQUES OR PANELS (No illustrations) "IN GOD WE TRUST" -In 1962 three of the stars in back of the Speaker's rostrum in the House Chamber were removed and this inscription was placed there December 19, 1962 in accordance with House Res. 740, 87th Congress, 2nd session. "ANNUIT COEPTIS"-(God has favored our undertakings) over the East entrance doorway, Senate Chamber. "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" (A new order of the ages is born) over the West entrance doorway, Senate Chamber. "IN GOD WE TRUST'-Over the South entrance, Senate Chamber. "E PLURIBUS UNUM"-(One out of many)-carved in the panel behind the Vice President's rostrum. 1 See also Plaques for "In God We Trust" bronze plaques located in the Longworth House Office Building and the New Senate Office Building. PLAQUES AND MARKERS BRONZE MARKER on the floor in Statuary Hall marks the spot where John Quincy Adams, former President of the United States, and at the time of his death a Member of the House of Representatives, fell to the floor mortally ill, Feb. 21, 1848 and died a few days later on February 23d. Marker was placed in 1888. (No illustration.) PLAQUE commemorating the laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol in 1793; placed during the 1932 Washington Bicentennial Celebration; located in the Old Supreme Court entrance, East Front. PLAQUE commemorating the 1893 centennial of the laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol in 1793; located on the wall at the Old Supreme Court entrance, East Front, to mark the spot where the original cornerstone was laid. Commemorating the 1893 centennial of the laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol in 1793. Location: on the wall at the Old Supreme Court entrance, East Front. |