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Planing mill at Petersburg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1062 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.6 x 8.9 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a bombed planing mill in the background with an open road in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Petersburg, Va. Planing mill showing effects of bombardment." Numeric notations on verso: "98" and "1104."

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