DESIGNED BY SIR JOSEPH PAXTON|ERECTECD BY MESSRS FOX AND HENDERSON: view of the building
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THE FIRST COLUMN OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENHAM DESTINED FOR THE RECREATION AND INSTRUCTION OF THE MILLION WAS ERECTED ON THE 5 DAY OF AUGUAST 1852 BY SAMUEL LAING ESQ MP CHAIRMAN OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMP IN COMMEMORATION OF WHICH EVENT THIS MEDAL IS PRESENTED TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE AGE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
