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View of house near roadside

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0407 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 10.8 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy

A road runs down the center of the image. The house appears on the right side of the road. Two men are standing near a well or gazebo. The man on the left is hunch over and has his hands on the shoulders or neck of the second man. A town is visible on the right side of the image behind the fence. Numeric notation: "1165"

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