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Bachelder, John B. [Pencil and ink. Lake View Hotel]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02673.11 Author/Creator: Bachelder, John B. Place Written: Watkins Glen, New York Type: Sketch Date: 26 August 1874 Pagination: 1 art original : pencil and ink wash ; 14.9 x 23.3 cm. Order a Copy

The hotel building and carriages are cut and pasted from a comtemporary print; JBB has supplied the background. Signed

Bachelder, John Badger, 1825-1894

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