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Ruins of the Church at Hampton, Va. [alternate]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0745 Author/Creator: Place Written: Hampton, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Old Church at Hampton, Va. Ruins." View of the ruins of the Church at Hampton, Virginia, without the man by the tree [#744]. Numeric notation on verso: "131."

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