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Building an underground water maze for a crocodile leading to a secret underground house and swimming pool.

Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 834. Report of the ...

This paper was produced in conjunction with NeCastro's fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Architectural History and Preservation. NeCastro was a Master's student at Bryn Mawr ...