Series 317: Photographs of New Capitol. 1900-1903. State House Commission (RG 18).

Copy print photographs of the construction of Mississippi’s New Capitol building, taken between 1900 and 1903. The original photographs were taken from an album, which was probably one of a number of similar albums given to various officials and dignitaries in 1903 to mark the completion of the building. In addition to exterior photos of the construction of the building, a number of the images document the completed interior chambers, corridors and staircases of the New Capitol. Also included are a brief introductory description of the new building, a list of State House Commission members, a photograph of the supervising and assistant supervising architects, an index of the photographs, a floor plan of one floor of the building, descriptions of the pediment and corner stone, and one exterior view of the Old Capitol.