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Prometheus, God of Fire, one of six Roman gods sculpted by Louis St. Gaudens and placed above the entrance to Union Station, Washington, D.C.

Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia · 1850–1939

Prometheus, God of Fire, one of six Roman gods sculpted by Louis St. Gaudens and placed above the entrance to Union Station, Washington, D.C., Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia, 1850–1939
Prometheus, God of Fire, one of six Roman gods sculpted by Louis St. Gaudens and placed above the entrance to Union Station, Washington, D.C., Washington (d.c.), District Of Columbia, 1850–1939. Railroad stations — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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