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[Photograph negative of a destroyed bridge]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.634 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1942 Pagination: 1 photograph negative ; Order a Copy

One photograph negative of a destroyed bridge dated circa 1942. Features a bridge that has been destroyed and lies partially in a river.

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