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Bronze Doors of The John Adams Building

  • East doors, Library of Congress John Adams Building (1939)

  • Sculpted bronze figures of Hermes and Itzamna (1939)

  • Sculpted bronze figures of Nabu and Tahmurath (1939)

  • Sculpted bronze figures of Odin and Quetzalcoatl (1939)

  • Sculpted bronze figures of Ogma and Sequoyah (1939)

  • Sculpted bronze figures of Cangjie (1939)

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