Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
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The vessels push out in all directions from the Panama Canal. You get
that suggestion at the corners of the third lift. Don't lose sight of the beautiful turquoise green columns in the temple forms of the Tower. At night the aquamarines follow out the same beautiful color. Watch, when the Tower is first illuminated with the blood glow, and you will see that it almost pulsates with life. It should, for is it not the vital part of this great Exposition? - Jewels on the Tower There are some ten tons of jewels used at the Exposition. Fifty thousand jewels are used on the Tower alone, accenting in the main its architectural feature. These jewels are of live colors - mostly canary and white glass, ruby, emerald, aquamarine. Mathematical calculations have been made by expert physicists to show at just what angle the jewel must be cut. These jewels were made in Austria. |
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