File:Detail on the walls of the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C LCCN2011631511.tif
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[edit]DescriptionDetail on the walls of the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C LCCN2011631511.tif |
English: Title: Detail on the walls of the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C
Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. Notes: Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.; Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, a leading American architect, designed the building. In 1924, the building was dedicated with President Calvin Coolidge, delivering the principal address. |
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Image title | Detail on the walls of the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C.
The National Academy of Sciences was chartered by Congress in 1863 as an honorific society. For the first half century of its history, the Academy conducted its activities in borrowed quarters. During World War I, the federal government markedly increased its reliance on the Academy for advice on scientific and technical matters. In 1916, with the founding of the Academy's operating arm, the National Research Council, the need for a permanent home became urgent. Hale's remarkable energies equalled his stunning intellect. He spearheaded a fund-raising campaign for the building, engaged Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, a leading American architect, agonized over myriad details during construction of the building, and even contributed to the motto destined to be inscribed in the dome of the Academy's Great Hall: To science, pilot of industry, conqueror of disease, multiplier of the harvest, explorer of the universe, revealer of nature's laws, eternal guide to truth. In 1924, Goodhue's neoclassic building on the mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated before an assemblage of the leading scientific and political figures of the day. President Calvin Coolidge, delivering the principal address, declared that the "magnificent building now being dedicated to science predicts a new day in scientific research." |
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Author | Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows |
File change date and time | 16:09, 2 August 2011 |
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