{"id":1508,"date":"2011-11-17T15:37:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T15:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/dls\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2015-05-22T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:41:49","slug":"the-day-the-dome-fell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2011\/11\/17\/the-day-the-dome-fell\/","title":{"rendered":"The day the dome fell"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1509\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/uap\/id\/22066\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1509  \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2011\/11\/oldcap1.jpg\" alt=\"From &quot;After the Fire,&quot; Iowa Alumni Magazine, Feb. 2002 | University of Iowa Alumni Publications\" width=\"452\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2011\/11\/oldcap1.jpg 452w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2011\/11\/oldcap1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From &quot;After the Fire,&quot; Iowa Alumni Magazine, Feb. 2002 | University of Iowa Alumni Publications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;The fire was a disaster that destroyed the original tower of a treasured landmark for the UI, community, and the State of Iowa,&#8221; associate museum director Shallah Ashworth notes. &#8220;But as with any disaster, the fire gave the Old Capitol Museum the opportunity to literally rise from the ashes and to move into the 21st century with new life.&#8221; &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/news-releases.uiowa.edu\/2011\/november\/111711fire_anniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Rebirth of a landmark&#8221; news release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the University marks the 10th anniversary of the Old Capitol fire, we&#8217;re featuring these contemporary accounts of the event from <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa Digital Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1512\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu\/DI\/2001\/di2001-11-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1512 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2011\/11\/oldcap2.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The day the dome fell,&quot; 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