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Bascom Hall Above Neighborhood
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Pencil on paper; Bascom Hall with domed cupola and weather vane at left of center, with other large building to right with four chimneys and hipped roof. Smaller buildings in trees in foreground. Titled at bottom center, dated and signed bottom right corner.
August 26, 1885
Stager, Leo A.
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Gates of Heaven
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Gates of Heaven Synagogue. Designed by August Kutzbock.
