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Fitchburg Railroad Company F.R.R. East Deerfield, Mass.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05235.07 Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company Place Written: Deerfield River, Massachusetts Type: Photograph Date: 1893 ca. Pagination: 1 cyanotype Height: 11.5 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Title from verso. Two rail cars atop a wooden railroad bridge over the Deerfield river in East Deerfield, Mass.

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