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City scene showing wagons readying for evacuation from Atlanta

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1316 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864/09/17 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 6 x 9.9 cm Order a Copy

Image shows a large group of covered and uncovered wagons ready to leave Atlanta, with a train depot and numerous other buildings in the background. Graphite inscription on verso "25" "The Eviction of Atlanta Sept. 17, 1864" "3.00--." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

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