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Photograph: Clay model of the Dewey Arch.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.281 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: [1899 ca.] Pagination: 1 p. 25 cm x 20 cm Order a Copy

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Dewey, George, 1837-1917

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