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Ruins of a burned house with fields in the background

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1320 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

In front of the ruins of the burned house stands a solitary man.

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