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Reference book:
'Washington Sculpture'
by James M. Goode



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Labor Dept Bldg (currently E.P.A.): Columbia tympanum in Washington, D.C.
by Arthur Brown, Edgar Walter (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area (click link for more in that area)

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The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The department is headed by the United States Secretary of Labor. Source: Wikipedia




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0000500/00629_0010017869 (added ca. 5/4/2007)


The Washington Planning the Battle of Trenton" relief is visible in the shadows between the center columns.

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0000500/00629_0010017789 (added ca. 5/4/2007)

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James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 147 Item #4.22; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p168 Item #D-25)

Medium: Limestone
Artist: Arthur Brown, Edgar Walter (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: Constitution Ave between 12th & 14th Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Smithsonian (Orange - Blue) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 66400087 (dcMem ID #629 )

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Historic Fed'l Bldgs on ICC
ArtLex on New Deal Art

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