Illinois Capitol building and Carpenter, Sec'y of State

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Stock #: 201594
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Springfield
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Sangamon
Size: 3.75" x 5.5" (10 x 14 cm)

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Charles F. Carpentier, Secretary of State ILLINOIS -- Land of Lincoln Twenty-one hears of constrkuction were required for completion of Illinois' Capitol Building. The structure is one of the out-standing examples of public building architecture of the post-Civil War period. Ground was broken on March 11, 1868; the cornerstone laying took place on October 5, 1868; the building was first occupied in 1876, and construction work was finished in 1889. Charles F. Carpentier, Illinois' 29th Secretary of State, was inaugurated on January 12, 1953. ILL. 84067

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