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The first, a bronze sculpture known as Gloria Victis, was sculpted by Marius Jean Antonin Mercie. The original of Gloria Victis was honored by being placed in the courtyard of the Hotel de Ville (City Hall) in Paris in 1874. ... He set the standard for Locke-Ober during the early 1900's and carried it on through the First World War, Prohibition and the Great Depression. During prohibition the Wine Rooms were closed and sold, with not a trace being preserved. ...