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Construction photograph of the courtyard and ramparts

By the summer of 1935, much of the ramparts had been constructed, including the garage in the background, which was used as a workshop. Work had not yet begun on The Cloisters building proper, which now occupies the area in the left foreground of the photograph. The white oak, already a sizeable tree, is just within the walls, on the right.

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