Paperweight commemorating the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building

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A laser engraved crystal piece commemorating the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building. The piece is crystal and rectangular with an etching on the interior. At the middle center are two silhouettes facing awey from each other with a rectangle of regative space with a an etched cone shape inside. [WELLINGTON E. WEBB / MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING] is etched on the face of the block at the top the etched into the back face of the bottom of the block reads [RIBBON CUTTING / SEPTEMBER 26, 2002]. All corners and edges are beveled. WELLINGTON E. WEBB / MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING Rectangle, glass paperweight with laser etched interior. In the middle of the glass column is a depiction of two (2) silhouettes, each facing out toward the sides.

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