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Huntsville Springs

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05135.133 Author/Creator: Place Written: Huntsville, AL Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 7 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

[View of river. Damaged house in foreground. Wagons crossing river just behind the house.]

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