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Fitchburg Railroad Company ["Pat" O'Hara]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05235.02.07 Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company Place Written: Fitchburg, Mass. Type: Photograph Date: 1893 ca. Pagination: 1 cyanotype Height: 10.6 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

Mr. O'Hara with a white mustache and beard, weraing a felt hat. Picture taken at the Engineering office of F.R.R. Identical image as GLC05235.02.06 and GLC05235.02.08.

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