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Fitchburg Railroad Company View South from office window Fitchburg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05235.12.02 Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company Place Written: Fitchburg, Mass. Type: Photograph Date: 1893 ca. Pagination: 1 cyanotype Height: 12.4 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Title from verso. Identical to GLC05235.12.01. View of town and tracks. A large church steeple is visible in the left middle-ground of the image. Roundhouse and long rectangular building in the foreground of the image. Prosperous looking town with many large, well kept buildings. Taken from upper story of building.

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