House used as prison. [Washington?]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0570 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 17.8 x 25.4 cm Order a Copy
A three story white house with fenced in courtyard or garden. A telegraph pole is in the center of the image next to a tree. Train tracks run across the lower right. Inscription on verso: "Another House [struck: on Pey and [illegible] st n.o.] also used as a prison." Additional inscription on verso is illegible. Small seal reading "Wilson Copyrighted 1885" in the lower right corner. Numeric notation on verso: "486."
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