Sparks from the New York State Capitol Fire
By Editor
"Sparks from the New York State Capitol Fire," at Albany, March 29, 1911, has come to our table from Joseph McDonough Co., 98 State Street, Albany, N. Y. There are views of the immense and beautiful structure before the fire touched it, a building that was thirty years nearly in process of erection. Its size, its symmetry, its interior decorations, gave it world-wide fame. George Augustus Sala pronounced it one of the finest State buildings in the world. Its great western staircase was a marvel of artistic and architectural beauty. But at the fire the magnificent staircase was badly damaged, part of the building is a wreck, its beauty has become ashes, and the latest is that it was damaged to the extent of $5,000,000. The capitol cost, it is said, $26,000,000. The greatest loss was in its library, the greatest law library in the country, besides priceless historic relics and collections of manuscripts. This booklet contains 58 views, and may be had of the above firm for 25 cents.