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Thorbrun's House, Bull Run

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0801 Author/Creator: Place Written: Manassas, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Image of a white house, enclosed by a white fence on the left and a wooden fence on the right. A horse is tethered to the wooden fence, while two men work at the woodpile in the center of the field. Inscription on verso: "Thorbrun's House, Bull Run." Numeric notation on verso: "59(40)."

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