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905 Cable Building, CHICAG 
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Price, $10.00 
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NEW YORK 
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American Estates and Gardens 
By BARR FERRE 
Editor of ‘‘American Homes and Gardens,’’ Corresponding Member 
of the American Institute of Architects and of the 
Royal Institute of British Architects 
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