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020			_a9780738584218
040			_cNew Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library
100			_aCandace Moore Hill _92068
245	1	0	_aBahá'í Temple
260			_aChicago, Illinois _bArcadia Publishing _c2010
300			_a127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
440			_aImages of America _92187
500			_aThe story of the Baha’i House of Worship is one of how very few believers in a new faith built the “Great Bell” of the North Shore. Sitting on the shores of Lake Michigan, just five miles north of Chicago, the Baha’i House of Worship’s story begins with the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Inspired by news of the first Baha'i¬ Temple in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, members of the Chicago Baha'i¬ House of Spirituality drafted a petition in 1903 asking for permission to begin their own. Fifty years later, in 1953, a completed Baha'i¬ House of Worship was dedicated in Wilmette. With archival photographs, readers can see the complete timeline of the temple from the Great Depression and World War II years up to the present, including ongoing restoration projects preserving the beauty of the “Temple of Light.”
505			_a Introduction The Baha'i faith comes to America ʻAbduʼl-Bahá comes to America Choosing a design The temple rises A temple of light The interior is set aglow The gardens bloom The temple in the community The temple restoration About the Baha'i House of Worship
650		0	_aMashriqu’l-Adhkár _vBaha'i Faith _989
650		0	_aHouses of Worship _vBaha'i Faith _9485
650		0	_aMother Temple of the West _bWilmette, Illinois _vBaha'i Faith _zChicago _92069
773			_tImages of America _x9780738584218., 127, [1] p.
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