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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.174 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Warf scene showing ships both in the water and at dock. Horses and wagons stand near the docks, ready to take the cargo from the ships.

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