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Grain mill, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1294 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.3 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a one-storey grain mill with a horse and a cart near the building's entrance on the right edge of the photo. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson mill in which the garrison ground their corn."

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