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Houses, housetops, like human beings have wonderful character. The lives of housetops. The wear of the seasons. The country is beautiful, young, growing things. The majesty of trees. The backs of tenement houses are living documents.
Houses, housetops, like human beings have wonderful character. The lives of housetops. The wear of the seasons. The country is beautiful, young, growing things. The majesty of trees. The backs of tenement houses are living documents.
Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
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- Robert Henri
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- Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Robert Henri: life dates 1865 to 1929. Wikidata Q724860, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724860 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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