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View of field and forest in distance beyond a sandy landscape in foreground. [1862-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0335 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

Graphite inscription on recto: "Guide to Redwood." The photograph accompanies a series on Malvern Hill and is on a bluish-gray mount.

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