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Nauvoo Temple Model on display in NYC–in 1846!

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
"The Nauvoo Temple" by C.C.A. Christ...

"The Nauvoo Temple"
by C.C.A. Christensen
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

On Christmas Day, 1845, the New York Tribune encouraged its readers to visit a “Model of New Haven,” which opened that day in the Granite Building, on the corner of Broadway and Chambers street. The exhibition, which cost 25 cents to see, also included models of a number of public buildings and “the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo.”

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