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Willow Brook, Auburn, N.J.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.269 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

A large house. Handwritten on back: "Willow Brook, Auburn, N.J." Women and a couple of men sitting near a house. Same location as 5137.270, which shows general Grant wearing three stars. [Ca. 1860's - women wearing hoop skirts.]

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