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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 View of Crenshaw's Mill, [Richmond, Va.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07069.02 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 21.3 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

Shows mill on a river, with a masonry bridge at the center of the image. Ruins of buildings on banks of river.

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