Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1924.

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Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1924.

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Correspondence announces that Cret has been made a member of the Légion d'Honneur.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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