Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1937-1938.

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Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1937-1938.

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Most letters concern Cret's enlargement of the Chapel of the United States Naval Academy, Cret's Work No. 363. The Chapel was originally designed and built by Flagg.

5 items (6 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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