This black and white photograph shows the House of Representatives at the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The chamber was built in 1879 as part of the west wing of the capitol and features plaster columns with a pink marble appearance and twenty-four karat gold leaf trim. The ceiling features four allegorical paintings trimmed in a twenty-four karat gold leaf border. Today, 125 members occupy this chamber when the legislature is in session.
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