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Examining passes at Georgetown Ferry, Mason's Island, Washington D.C.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0710 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 10.2 cm Order a Copy

The examination of a pass on the banks of the Potomac River, just before the Georgetown Ferry pier. One is docked along the river bank with an artillery gun, limber and crew. Another barge slowly crosses the river in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Examining pass, Georgetown Ferry." Numeric Notation on verso: "161 (1038)." Image identical to .0392.
See GLC 5111.01.0392

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