| 1934/00/00 |
Harold LeClair Ickes |
Office |
With the approval of the President Franklin D Roosevelt, Harold Ickes allocates $12.74 million, for a new building to house Department of the Interior. |
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| 1934/00/00 |
Frederic Adrian Delano |
Work |
Frederic A Delano, a member of the Interior Building Building Committee introduces Waddy B Wood to Auther E Demaray, Director of the National Park Service and chairman of the Interior Building Building Committee. |
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| 1934/06/28 |
Waddy Butler Wood |
Consulting Architect |
Waddy B Wood signs a contract with Harold Ickes to provide preliminary plans for a new Interior Building. Wood's position on the project will be as a consulting architect to the Treasury Dept. |
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| 1936/00/00 |
George A Fuller Co |
General Contractor |
US Department of the Interior Building is built by the George A Fuller Co of Washington, DC. The $9,250,500 contract does not include elevators, escalators, the tunnel, broadcasting station or lighting fixtures. |
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| 1936/04/16 |
Franklin D Roosevelt |
Dignitary |
President Roosevelt dedicates the Main Interior Building as "symbolical of the Nation's vast resources" and the "cornerstone of a conservation policy that will guarantee the richness of their heritage," while Ickes saw it as a "symbol of a new day." |
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| 1937/01/09 |
Harold LeClair Ickes |
Advising Architect |
The Washington Daily News reports that "Secretary Ickes has a paternal concern for the new Interior Building. He designed most of it himself, and financed it through PWA." Ickes contributed innovative characteristics and special features. |
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| 1938/00/00 |
Henry Varnum Poor (Designer) |
Artist |
During the 1930s, Henry Poor creates a series of murals for the Department of Interior Building in DC, the Louisville Courier-Journal building in Kentucky and the Old Main Building at Penn State. |
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| 1939/00/00 |
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Rush for the Oklahoma Land of 1894, John Steuart Curry, oil on canvas, commissioned 1937, installed 1939, depicts an Oklahoma land run. It "captures the seconds after the great gunshot that launched the Oklahoma land rush. It is pure emotion in motion." |
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| 1939/00/00 |
William Gropper |
Artist |
Construction of a Dam, William Gropper, oil on canvas, commissioned 1937, installed 1939. The mural "glorifies not just public works projects, but work itself," showing the "drama, dignity, and strength of labor." |
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| 1939/00/00 |
Maynard Dixon |
Artist |
"Indian and Soldier" by Maynard Dixon, oil on canvas, commissioned 1937, installed 1939. This represents the Bureau of Indian Affairs and symbolizes the transition of the Indian from warrior to farmer and the immense loss of Indian culture involved. |
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An Incident in Contemporary American Life, Mitchell Jamieson, tempera on canvas, com 1940, install 1942. Shows Marian Anderson's 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused the concert access to Constitution Hall. |
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The Negro's Contribution in the Social and Cultural Development of America, Millard Sheets, oil on canvas, commissioned 1939, installed 1948. Series of 4 murals depicts African American influence on American in Education, the Arts, Religion, and Science. |
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Ansel Adams |
Photographer |
The Mural Project 1941-1942 features 26 giclee canvas murals including Grand Teton, Grand Canyon and Glacier National Parks is installed at the Main Interior Building in Washington, DC. |
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Ansel Adams: Mural Project 1941-1942 |