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The levee at Vicksburg, Miss., February, 1864

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Stereograph showing steamboats at the dock. The Mississippi river in the background.

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levees mississippi vicksburg rivers steamboats piers and wharves history civil war transportation albumen prints stereographs vicksburg miss levee miss mississippi river 1864 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war united states history industrial history library of congress
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01/01/1864
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Pywell, Wm. R. (William Redish), 1843-1886, photographer
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Vicksburg (Miss.) ,  32.35278, -90.87778
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Library of Congress
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levees mississippi vicksburg rivers steamboats piers and wharves history civil war transportation albumen prints stereographs vicksburg miss levee miss mississippi river 1864 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war united states history industrial history library of congress