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GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
Cyclorama Building/Visitor Center designed by Neutra and Alexander, Los
Angeles, 1961
Link
to reCyclorama: The Fight to
Save Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Center at Gettysburg
for more information on the building and testimonies for preservation
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View of monumental drum from the building entrance.
(© Christine Madrid, 1998)
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View of concrete drum containing the Cyclorama painting,
looking southeast.
(© Christine Madrid, 1998)
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View of ramp leading to observation deck overlooking
battlefield, looking northeast.
(© Christine Madrid, 1998)
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Section drawing of drum showing support system and
relationship of visitor to painting.
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(© Dion Neutra/W. Boesiger)
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Information desk for visitors at the main entry.
(Photographer unknown, ca. 1962, courtesy National Park Service
Historic Photography Collection)
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View of museum area below Cyclorama painting.
(Photograph by Jack Boucher, September 1962, courtesy National Park
Service Historic Photography Collection)
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View of tiled ramp leading up to Cyclorama platform.
(© Lawrence S. Williams, Inc.)
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Old Cyclorama building, opened in 1913 on Baltimore
Street, Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg. This building housed the Cyclorama
painting for forty-five years before construction of the Neutra/Alexander
structure.
(Photographer unknown, n.d., courtesy National Park Service Historic
Photography Collection)
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