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Frank Scherschel

Grand Canyon National Park in color, 1947.

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The Grand Canyon: Stunning Color Photographs From 1947

The Inca Ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, 1945

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See Photos of Machu Picchu Before It Became a Major Tourist Attraction

history

Before and After D-Day: Color Photos From England and France

Royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace: (l. to r.) King George VI, Princess Margaret Rose, unidentified, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother Mary after wedding of Elizabeth and Philip.

people

Elizabeth and Philip: Photos From the Royal Wedding, 1947

Spiritual simplicity was Mies' aim in designing the Illinois Tech Chapel. Maintaining the basic campus pattern, he insisted on flat-roofed rectangle but provided brick walls to give the chapel a sense of privacy and solitude. Steel mullions of the facade echo shape of the cross above the altar

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Mies van der Rohe and the Poetry of Purpose

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