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Nov. 11, 1962 - Intended for a ''unamed oriental'' is this colossal lustre, which is installed in a hall of the slaughter house in Gross-Imstadt, because the manufacturer has not enough place in the own rooms to install such a great thing. This lustre has a weight of 50 hundredweights and contains of 200 000 glass - and metal-parts, the diameter is 9 metres and the height is 6 1/2 metres. To produce this lustre 7000 house of work must be spent. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)