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Arrival—The Great Hall

Morrison H. Heckscher
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“It serves the kind of function that railroads used to serve: masses of people efficiently being moved from place to place.”

Curator Morrison Heckscher on The Met’s Great Hall.

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Morrison H. Heckscher
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Photography by Paul Lachenauer

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