Keywords: One of 49 Victorian-era stained-glass windows, by the acclaimed J&R Lamb Studios inside the First Presbyterian Church in Orange, Texas LCCN2014630773.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; 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 ; The windows were purchased by Frances Ann Lutcher and her two daughters at the Columbian World Exposition in Chicago in 1893 where they won gold medals The opalescent stained glass windows are perhaps the most striking feature of the building Opalescent stained glass is an American invention by John Lafarge a floral artist who experimented with thee idea of adding metallic oxides to the glass followed by firing in a kiln fusing the ingredients ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014630773 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/26500/26573a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 26573 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 26573 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |