Modern Federal · Cathedrals

Materials from two other, early-1800s altar screens, or reredos, were used to make this one, depicting Our Lady of Peace, in the 1950s at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe · 1850–1939

Materials from two other, early-1800s altar screens, or reredos, were used to make this one, depicting Our Lady of Peace, in the 1950s at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1850–1939
Materials from two other, early-1800s altar screens, or reredos, were used to make this one, depicting Our Lady of Peace, in the 1950s at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1850–1939. Cathedrals — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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