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ULM Cathedral (Miniature Model), A Century of Progress

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $14.95
Original Price: $19.95

Stock #:613068
Type: Postcard
Era: Real Photo
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Publisher: The Process Corporation
Size: 3.5" x 5.25" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
ULM Cathedral, Wuertenberg, Germany. This cathedral is one of the most noted monuments of architecture of the middle ages. It required 513 years to build; begun in 1377 and completed in 1890. The spire is 525 feet high and the cathedral will accommodate 30,000 people. The replica of ULM Cathedral on exhibit in the Hall of Religion of A Century of Progress, Chicago, is hand carved from maple and holly wood. It contains 4300 pieces fitted together. It is 9 feet high, 8 feet long, 40 inches wide, equipped with lights, art glass windows, and chimes. Seven years of painstaking labor were devoted by Gust Mrosek of Chicago, Illinois, the builder of this model.

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