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| Title | The Planning and Construction of American Theatres Collection de l'Ordre des architectes du Québec Collections spéciales |
| Author | William Harvey Birkmire |
| Publisher | J. Wiley & sons, 1896 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | Sep 19, 2008 |
| Length | 117 pages |
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