Labor Dept Bldg (currently E.P.A.): Columbia tympanum in Washington, D.C. by Arthur Brown, Edgar Walter located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area

Arthur Brown, Edgar Walter (click name for more of that artist's work)
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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)

More Info
See 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 areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Smithsonian(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's 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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