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Photograph of Nicholas Butler, Ambassador of Spain Sr. Cardenas, and Federico de Onís. Año 1, No. 1, (October 1934), Page 72

President Nicholas Butler, Ambassador of Spain Sr. Cardenas, and Federico de Onís at the inauguration of Casa Hispánica.

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Although it had begun its functions in 1931, the Casa Hispánica was officially inaugurated on February 21, 1934. In the photograph (from left to right): President Nicholas Murray Butler, the Spanish ambassador to the United States Juan Francisco de Cárdenas, and Federico de Onís at the ceremony of inauguration.

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