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Signal corps station, Lookout Mtn

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04749.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Lookout Mountain, [Tennesee] Type: Photograph Date: circa 1863 Pagination: Full stereo, Mounted. Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 17.1 cm Order a Copy

Pencil inscription on verso: "Signal corps station, Lookout Mtn." Partial view of the signal tower taken from the base of the hill.

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