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A view looking up High Street, Georgetown. [1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0706 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

A view down the dirt and cobblestoned High Street in Georgetown, in a commercial region of the city. Inscription on verso: "High Street, Georgetown 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "159."

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