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[The Bund, Hankon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.153 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1900 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : sepia Height: 26 cm, Width: 36.7 cm Order a Copy

Title from inscription on mount verso. The row of trees on the left appear to be Honeylocusts. The trees on the right may be the same, or perhaps oak.

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