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La Rue des nations, Exposition Universelle 1900

La Rue des nations, Exposition Universelle 1900
1 clue in this photo

1Masonry, not plaster

Stone-look pavilions on the Rue des Nations

The Rue des Nations pavilions are elaborate stone-look buildings with towers and a clock, and there is smoke in the frame.

The questionWhich were stone and which were plaster, and were any of them already there?

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Same kind of clue, elsewhere

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