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The Old Intelligencer Building, Washington D.C.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0708 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy

A view from the building across the street of the brick Intelligencer building. Sign on corner reads : "Books & [illegible]." Inscription on verso: "Old Intelligencer Building Washington." Numeric Notation on Back: "174."

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