Hearings Before the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, Volumes 1-19U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 - Public buildings |
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... schemes , is there not ? Mr. LYNN . We prepared a plan which is a modification of scheme B. But that is just a preliminary plan , Mr. Chairman , and it is our purpose , in case this bill is enacted into law , to give it very careful ...
... schemes , is there not ? Mr. LYNN . We prepared a plan which is a modification of scheme B. But that is just a preliminary plan , Mr. Chairman , and it is our purpose , in case this bill is enacted into law , to give it very careful ...
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... page 19 , there is a diagram of the principal floor in the present state ; on page 20 there is a principal floor plan scheme , dated February 20 , 1865 , which was suggested by Thomas U. Walter , 6 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
... page 19 , there is a diagram of the principal floor in the present state ; on page 20 there is a principal floor plan scheme , dated February 20 , 1865 , which was suggested by Thomas U. Walter , 6 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
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... scheme B , and on page 23 is the modification of scheme B , as proposed by the Archi- tect of the Capitol on January 22 , 1935 , in which these rooms at the front on the east side are all additional rooms , and the recessed part over ...
... scheme B , and on page 23 is the modification of scheme B , as proposed by the Archi- tect of the Capitol on January 22 , 1935 , in which these rooms at the front on the east side are all additional rooms , and the recessed part over ...
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... scheme adopted . The CHAIRMAN . It will be carried out in detail as it is now , but simply brought forward ? Mr. LYNN . Yes . The present main wall would remain . We would build out the central portion and reproduce what is known as the ...
... scheme adopted . The CHAIRMAN . It will be carried out in detail as it is now , but simply brought forward ? Mr. LYNN . Yes . The present main wall would remain . We would build out the central portion and reproduce what is known as the ...
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... schemes , Mr. Taylor . There is one which provides for a 12 - foot - 10 - inch extension , and then one for a 3212 ... scheme . Mr. BLACKNEY . Fourteen feet . Mr. STEFAN . Do you think that whatever extension is PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ...
... schemes , Mr. Taylor . There is one which provides for a 12 - foot - 10 - inch extension , and then one for a 3212 ... scheme . Mr. BLACKNEY . Fourteen feet . Mr. STEFAN . Do you think that whatever extension is PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ...
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