Commerce Dept Bldg: Bureaus of the Department of Commerce reliefs in Washington, D.C. by James Earle Fraser located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area

James Earle Fraser(click name for more of that artist's work)
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0000500/00752_0010002229 (added ca. 2006)

Lighthouse Service

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0000500/00752_0010002239 (added ca. 2006)

Bureau of Navigation

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0000500/00752_0010002169 (added ca. 2006)

Aeronautics

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0000500/00752_0010002179 (added ca. 2006)

Steamboat Inspection

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0000500/00752_0010002189 (added ca. 2006)

Patent Office

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0000500/00752_0010002199 (added ca. 2006)

Census Bureau

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0000500/00752_0010002209 (added ca. 2006)

Coast & Geodetic Survey

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0000500/00752_0010002219 (added ca. 2006)

Radio Division

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0000500/00752_0010002249 (added ca. 2006)

Bureau of Fisheries

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0000500/00752_0010002359 (added ca. 2006)

Commerce among nations should be fair and equitable -- Franklin

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0000500/00752_0010002269 (added ca. 2006)

Commerce defies every wind, outrides every tempest and invades every zone -- Bancroft

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0000500/00752_0010002279 (added ca. 2006)

The patent system added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius -- Lincoln

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0000500/00752_0010002289 (added ca. 2006)

Cultivate peace and commerce with all -- Jefferson

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0000500/00752_0010002299 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00752_0010002309 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00752_0010002319 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00752_0010002339 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00752_0010002329 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00752_0010002349 (added ca. 2006)

More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 161 Item #4.34; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p175 Item #D-31)
Medium: Limestone
Artist: James Earle Fraser(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Gov't Agencies
Location: 14th St between Constitution Ave & E St (Facade between south driveway portals) Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000031 (dcMem ID #752 )

Links & other sources
Wikipedia article on Fraser
Commerce Dept website on DOC inscriptions & reliefs
Commerce Dept website on Hoover Building
Commerce Dept website on Hoover Building construction
Wikipedia article on Dept of Commerce

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