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Debora59

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Does anyone know of or ever heard of a builder who made 5 highly detailed miniature 1in scale buildings, around the 1920s he was from Chicago.

we came accross one of the 5 at an antique store in Iowa, mostly hidden behind stuff for last 5 years. Its a very large cathedral, 5 ft tall 4 ft deep and at least 3.5 wide. It looks like Colonge Cathedral. I have a little picture taken from my dads phone [ my camera battery died ] but going back this week for more pictures.

the owner used to have all the info about it, like who built it but so far cannot find anything more.

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this is only a small part of the miniature structure. I myself have only seen one full side and part of another, there are 3 doors in front I opened one and looked in but could not tell if the interior was done [ that would blow my mind ] but I could see light from the cathedral windows on the far opposite side, getting more pic and info soon.

I think its 1 inch scale but not sure

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The owner said there are 100 windows in it. The artisan / builder made 5 pieces, all famous landmarks, some european landmarks, this one took him the longest to build I was told

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