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Lithograph showing the "parterre." with the Museum and Observatory in the background. A parterre is a garden consisting of an ornamental arrangement of flower beds. Today this space is occupied by the lily pools in front of the Climatron; view is the to the south. The small pine tree in the middle would eventually become the first location for the sculpture "Juno."
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Climatron Construction. Picture taken Nov. 29, 1959
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Climatron Construction. Front of Climatron. Picture taken Oct 3, 1959.
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Climatron Construction. Rear of Climatron - former Italian Garden. Picture taken Sept. 26, 1959.
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Climatron. Picture taken Nov 29, 1959
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Climatron Construction
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Climatron Construction. Early summer, 1959.
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The old Palm House being dismantled to make way for the Climatron.
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Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden personnel hoped to save a group of palm trees by building the Climatron around them, but the trees failed to make it through the winter of 1959.
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Climatron Construction
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