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View of trees across a sandy, brush-covered landscape. [1862-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0334 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: [1862-1865 ca.] Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 35.6 cm, Width: 27.9 cm Order a Copy

Sandy landscape with small brush in foreground. A group of trees dominates the middle of the image and a forest is visible in the distance. The photograph accompanies a series on Malvern Hill and is on a bluish-gray mount.

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