American Industry, Scenes from: Reliefs on Dirksen Ofc Bldg in Washington, D.C. by Otto R Eggers, Ulysses A Ricci

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Five themes -- shipping, mining, lumbering, manufacturing & farming -- are repeated on panels between the 3rd & 4th floor windows all around the south (14 panels), west (about 23 panels) & north (14 panels) sides of the building.

The Dirksen Senate Office Building was the second office building constructed for members of the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. and was named after the late Minority Leader Everett Dirksen from Illinois in 1972. Source: Wikipedia

Everett McKinley Dirksen(January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois. As Republican Senate leader he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s, including helping to write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He later offered his support for the Open Housing Act of 1968, another landmark piece of Civil Rights legislation. He was one of the Senate's strongest supporters of the Vietnam War. Source: Wikipedia

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This is the south side of the building.

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This is the west side of the building.

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ERECTED AD MCMLVI (1956)
THE SENATE IS THE LIVING SYMBOL OF OUR UNION OF STATES

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This is the north side of the building.

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From left to right the medallions represent Equality, the Seal of the U.S. and Liberty.

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My on-the-spot background check having revealed no outstanding warrants, the Capitol police under the direction of Supervisory Special Agent MCA (Intelligence Section), allowed my 100+ photos & I to go on our merry way. I'm not sure if there was a correlation, but this occurred around the same time that a small plane crashed into a building on Manhattan's East Side. That many photos of a Congressional office building probably arouses suspicion on any day of the year. They were firm, but in the end very polite & even apologetic. Best wishes, gentlemen.

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p64 Item #A-16)
(He excluded it from 'Washington Sculpture')
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Otto R Eggers, Ulysses A Ricci(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: History, American
Location: Constitution Ave & 1st St NE Washington, D.C.

Nearest Metro: Union Station(Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76005879also control # 78250001 (dcMem ID #142 )

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American Industry, Scenes from: Reliefs on Dirksen Ofc Bldg in Washington, D.C.
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Goode's "Outdoor Sculpture" has this as one of its 327 entries but it isn't one of the 503 entries in "Washington Sculpture." The reliefs are still there (2009).

Links & other sources
Senate website on Dirsken building
Wikipedia article on Dirksen Building