Interior of the Tower of Jewels
Interior of the Tower of Jewels
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- Description
- Autochrome photograph of Panama-Pacific Exposition. Exterior of Building, columns and classical ornamentation. View of a plaza or street next to or within the Exposition building, possibly the Main Entrance. People are sitting on benches next to patches of grass and classically ornamented light poles. A columned arcade or walkway, adorned with birds (probably eagles) with their wings spread, ajoins with a hall, visible through a large archway. The hall is lined with columns, between which there is a red wall treatment topped by a blue toned mythological or historical freize.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- autochrome
- date made
- 1915
- Place Made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 5 in; 10.16 cm x 12.7 cm
- ID Number
- PG.003565.02
- catalog number
- 3565.2
- accession number
- 67310
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gertrude E. Warner
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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