Architectural cornerstone
Prompt
Create a tight photograph of a carved limestone cornerstone set into a civic building wall, with deeply chiseled Roman capitals reading ANNO DOMINI MCMXXIV followed by the building name UNION POSTAL DEPOT on a second line. Shallow shadows on the letter edges, faint lichen in the crevices, surrounding masonry out of focus. The typography must look historically serious, not cartoonish. No watermark.
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