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Emmitsburg, Maryland, with fields in foreground rising up to the town.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0751 Author/Creator: Place Written: Emmetsburg, Md. Type: Photograph Date: July 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 12.1 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Emmetsburg [sic], Maryland." Some buildings are seen to be intact while others are in ruins. Numeric notation on verso: "48."

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