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The Tower of Jewels by Thomas Hastings

The Tower of Jewels by Thomas Hastings
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A tower of 100,000 glass jewels

The photo shows the Tower of Jewels' stacked tiers over a great arch, with a crowd at its base. The record gives 435 ft, about 100,000 glass jewels, and dismantling in 1916.

The questionWhy build it and then take it down?

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