Call NumberZ-1977CreatorMelville, Nelson.Date1906 DecSummaryA group of mostly members of Colorado and Kansas legal teams sit or stand and pose on the front (east) portico of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. The men wear suits with neck ties or bow ties, wire-rimmed spectacles, watch chains, and laced, leather boots. One man sits and holds a cigar. A sculpture entitled War by the Italian sculptor Luigi Persico shows Ares (Mars), the Greek god of war in a niche behind the men.Physical Description1 photographic print on card mount ; 28 x 33 cm (11 x 13 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)Attorneys general--Washington (D.C)Washington (D.C.)Capitols--Washington (D.C)Judicial proceedings--Washington (D.C)Lawyers--Washington (D.C)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711001977Type of MaterialCard photographsGroup portraitsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromL.G. Carpenter.NotesHandwritten on print: "Those present at the historic hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 18-22, 1906. Arguments for Kansas: Coleman, Ashbaugh, Loomis, Smith; U.S. by Messrs. Hoyt, F.L. Campbell, A.C. Campbell; Colorado: Miller, Vaile, Dawson, Beaman, Rogers."; Label on photographic print identifies men in photo and reads from left to right, top row: "C. A. Waterman Denver, H.M. Hoyt Solr Gen. for U.S., J.A. Van Orsdel Ass't. Att'y Gen. Wyo., A.C. Campbell Counsel U.S., Morris Bien law clerk U.S.R.S., L.G. Carpenter expert for Colo., C.C. Dawson Counsel, Colo., F. Dumont Smith Counsel Kansas, N.L. Loomis Counsel Kansas, Elwood Mead U.S. Dep't. Agr., John P. Doyle Stenog." Bottom row reads, left to right: "Judge C.D. Hayt Counsel Colo., Hon. N.C. Miller Atty. Gen. Colo., Joel F. Vaile Counsel Colo., Platt Rogers Counsel Amity Co. Colo., D.C. Beaman Counsel C.F.& I. Colo., C.C. Coleman Att'y Gen. Kansas, S.S. Ashbaugh Counsel Kansas, F.L. Campbell Ass't Atty. Gen. Interior Dept., W.J. Hughes Office Atty. Gen. U.S."; Partly legible information penciled on verso describes men present at the Supreme Court hearing. Title inked on photographic print. R7110019777
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