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[Photograph of an empty road]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.162 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of an empty road circa 1920. The photograph features a road cutting lined by trees. There is section of black fogging in the upper right corner to the center of the photo, likely due to an error in the developing process.

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