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Waterfall on Appomattox River with factory in background.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0734 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Waterfall on Appomattox." Numeric Notation on verso: "21(799)."

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