Lee Conrey's illustration was published in the February 24, 1935 edition of The American Weekly : a Sunday newspaper supplement that was widely circulated. The original caption for the image reads, "What science's new six-mile high tower might look like, with its slender shaft of steel and platforms at different levels for aircraft in peace or war, for hospitals to give the poor the benefits of mountain climate, for scientific weather observers, and with the world's greatest astronomical observatory in an oxygen tank at the tower's tip."
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SCIENCE PLANS A NEW TOWER OF BABEL SIX MILES HIGHLEE CONREY (1883-1976)Estimate: USD 1,000 - 1,500
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