Ceremony for the laying of the (symbolic) foundation stone on which a new building is to be built

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Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: laying of the foundation stone by the Prince of Wales, 1870. Coloured lithograph.

The Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, Sudan: laying of the foudation stone. Process print after a wood engraving.

Laying the foundation stone. Rotherham Hospital and Dispensary.

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Cornerstone laying

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Laying the foundation stone. Rotherham Hospital and Dispensary.

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: laying of the foundation stone by the Prince of Wales, 1870. Coloured lithograph.

The Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, Sudan: laying of the foudation stone. Process print after a wood engraving.