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The Prayer Tower, perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Pittsburg, Texas, with four Paccard bells from France that chime every hour and a chapel that never closes

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The Prayer Tower, perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Pittsburg, Texas, with four Paccard bells from France that chime every hour and a chapel that never closes

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The 75-foot-tall tower is situated in a peaceful park-like setting. It was a gift to the city from businessman Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, whose family runs the Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the largest chicken producer in the United States.
Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054).
Forms part of: Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

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01/01/2014
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Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
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Pittsburg (Tex.)32.99528, -94.96583
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