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Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts or National Theater [sic] - built of white marble. Work started in 1900, complete in 1935, cost 35,000,000 pesos." The Palacio de Bellas Artes, is considered the cultural center of Mexico City. It houses the Museum of Architecture, and the National Theater, a performance space for music, dance, and theatre. Murals by renown Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Jose Clemente Orozco, and others are exhibited on the top floor and other galleries throughout the building.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Castle Geyser - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Castle Geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park. The geyser's name refers to the shape of the cone around the vent.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "The Four Seasons," shows the Fountain of Autumn (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-100 and 96-07-08-alb03-025.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Mormon Temple, Manti, Utah," c. 1935. Completed in 1888, the Manti Temple, built in Gothic Revival architectural style by the Church of the Latter-day Saints, was the third temple built west of the Mississippi River.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Keechelus Lake - Snoqualmie National Forest Highway," c. 1935.
Date: 1935