Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 920 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.137
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 9:17 pm: | |
Can anyone run down the list of governmental service agencies represented in the reliefs on the Federal Courthouse? I'm guessing but one has me a little stumped Army Navy Justice Postal Service Agriculture Transportation either Banking, Finance, or Commerce (which is it supposed to be in 1928?) and then this one ~ Thanks |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 921 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.137
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 9:28 pm: | |
and what's this supposed to be?
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Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5757 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.213.167
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 9:53 pm: | |
The first is simply called, "Industry." Here it is from another angle: |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1027 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.77
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 9:55 pm: | |
The first one looks like labor to me, and the second... ... maybe a fasci? It was a bundle of sticks used by the Romans to denote authority, or something like that. The word fascist derives from it. I have no idea what that pseudo half swastika, leafy thing is behind it, or why. I suck at semiotics. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5758 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.213.167
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 10:09 pm: | |
I forgot to credit my pictures. They were provided to me by Parducci historian Einar Kvaran. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1972 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.192
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 10:15 pm: | |
Yup, those bundles are fasci (or was it fasces?). For anyone with a knowledge of old coinage, those are also found on the reverse of the old Mercury Head silver dimes of 1916-45. |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 922 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.137
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 10:21 pm: | |
Another medallion has similar imagery -
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Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1028 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.77
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 10:22 pm: | |
I was just being fascetious. |
Dodgemain Member Username: Dodgemain
Post Number: 93 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.41.191.58
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 10:23 pm: | |
It is the Federal Department of Redundancy Department symbol. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1030 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.77
| Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 11:46 pm: | |
Interesting that there are 13 stars in each of the medallions, but in the first one, there is also a U with \ through it, in the bottom right column. WTF does this mean? There are also 48 segments to the outer ring of each. I'm assuming that these were made when there were that many states. (Message edited by Hornwrecker on April 09, 2006) |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5761 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.213.167
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 12:01 am: | |
A "U" with a line through it means that the building is kosher. |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 923 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.137
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 12:02 am: | |
that U with \ is repeated on the female figure's shield, except the slash is / instead of \ yeah 48 states from 1912 til 1959 |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1973 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.72.107
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 2:25 am: | |
It is interesting to see how closely that last medallion looks to the coinage of the early 20th century. Check out the Standing Liberty Quarters of 1916-30, the ones just before the 1932 release of the first Washington Quarters: http://www.bestcoin.com/standi ng-liberty-quarters-1916-1930. htm Interestingly enough, the first examples of these coins in 1916 caused a major uproar in America. They showed the standing liberty with what appears to be a Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake wardrobe malfunction.... yes a boob was showing on the coin. In mid 1917 they covered her up, so there are 2 types to this series. (Message edited by Gistok on April 10, 2006) |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3579 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 2:55 am: | |
To Itsjeff. Union of Orthodox Rabbis. Next to Justice Pincus Felderstein's Courtroom is a Kosher hog dog stand which occasionally serves homemade Matzoh Ball Soup. jjaba, LOL. |