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Signal Tower at Cobbs Hill, Petersburg [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1200 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 8.3 cm Order a Copy

Image of signal tower, with five men standing near it. Graphite inscription on verso: "Signal Tower Cobbs Hill." Numeric notation on verso: "43."

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