history of boston, 19th century

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Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Framed Print, 19th century - Public domain museum object photo

Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Side Chair, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

Side Chair, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

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Side Chair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Side Chair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Side Chair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Side Chair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Side Chair, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

Side Chair, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

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Sofa, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

Sofa, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

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Mount Auburn Cemetery--Monument to Judge Story [and map of the cemetery, Boston, Mass.]

Mount Auburn Cemetery--Monument to Judge Story [and map of the cemeter...

Copyright by R. Martin. Illus. in: Mount Auburn Cemetery illustrated, frontispiece.

Sofa, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Sofa, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Side Chair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Side Chair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Writing Armchair, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

Writing Armchair, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

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Writing Armchair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Writing Armchair, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Massachusetts General Hospital / J.R. Penniman, del. ; A. Bowen.

Massachusetts General Hospital / J.R. Penniman, del. ; A. Bowen.

Illustration showing exterior view of front of building. Illus. in: A history of Boston, the metropolis of Massachusetts, from its origin to the present period, 2d ed. / Caleb Hopkins Snow. Boston: A. Bowen, 18... More

Cream pitcher, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Cream pitcher, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

Mint United States Public domain photograph of vase-shaped vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A New method of Macarony making as practised at Boston / copied on stone by D. C. Johnston from a print published in London 1774.

A New method of Macarony making as practised at Boston / copied on sto...

Print shows two American revolutionaries tarring and feathering the tax collector. In the background, a gallows.

A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practised at Boston

A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practised at Boston

David Claypoole Johnston (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1799–1865 Dorchester, Massachusetts) Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston minstrels. The celebrated Ethiopian melodies ...

Boston minstrels. The celebrated Ethiopian melodies ...

Music cover illustrated with caricatures of six minstrels in two scenes.

Cream pitcher, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

Cream pitcher, 19th century, Boston, Massachusetts

A white jug with a blue rim, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshanks, under the immediate Superintendence of Maj. Jack Downing.

The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshan...

A burlesque parade, led by Andrew Jackson and satirizing various aspects of his administration. The procession moves from right to left. At its head is Jackson, seated on a horse with Martin Van Buren cross-le... More

View of Worcester, Massachusetts. taken from Union Hill / P. Anderson del. ; on stone by R. Cooke ; T. Moore's Lithography, Boston.

View of Worcester, Massachusetts. taken from Union Hill / P. Anderson ...

Print shows a cityscape view of Worcester, Massachusetts, from an elevated vantage point on Union Hill, with a river in the foreground on which is a canal boat drawn by two horses or mules, and railroads approa... More

U.S. Custom House, Boston, Massachusetts, Traverse Section of Winning Design

U.S. Custom House, Boston, Massachusetts, Traverse Section of Winning ...

The Boston Custom House, constructed 1837-1847, is among the earliest federal buildings erected outside the nation's capital. After Congress authorized a new custom house for the city of Boston, a local board o... More

The Tippecanoe quick step / J.B.N. ; John Bufford's Lith. Boston.

The Tippecanoe quick step / J.B.N. ; John Bufford's Lith. Boston.

Print shows a music sheet cover with an illustration for the Tippecanoe quick step showing William H. Harrison on horseback, leading troops against Native Americans at the Battle of Tipecanoe, Indiana, in 1811.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Zachary Taylor, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Zachary Taylor, 19th century

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View of the merchants exchange. Boston, Massachusetts.

View of the merchants exchange. Boston, Massachusetts.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Thayer, B.W., & Co. Copyright deposit, District Court of Mass.: 1842

The mansion of happiness, an instructive, moral & entertaining amusement / Thayer & Co's. Lithogy., Boston.

The mansion of happiness, an instructive, moral & entertaining amuseme...

Gameboard showing people involved in moral and immoral situations. Copyright by W. & S.B. Ives.

The Prize Song, "The Whig Chief"...dedicated...to Henry Clay, by the Boston Clay Club, No. 1

The Prize Song, "The Whig Chief"...dedicated...to Henry Clay, by the B...

Three oval views of Clay's birthplace, Hanover, Ky.; Clay's residence "Ashland"; and White House, Wash., D.C. LOT subdivision subject: Birthplace and Homes. Title and other information transcribed from caption ... More

The celebrated Congo minstrels' songs / Thayer & Co's lith., Boston.

The celebrated Congo minstrels' songs / Thayer & Co's lith., Boston.

Music cover showing five minstrels on stage. Copyright by C.H. Keith.

The Georgia melodies. As sung by the Georgia Champions / Lith. of E.W. Bouve, Boston.

The Georgia melodies. As sung by the Georgia Champions / Lith. of E.W....

Music cover illustrated with couple dancing on porch. Public domain scan of dance performance printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Albert Sands Southworth

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Albert Sands Southworth

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Josiah Johnson Hawes

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Josiah Johnson Hawes

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[Albert Sands Southworth] - Daguerreotype portrait

[Albert Sands Southworth] - Daguerreotype portrait

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

From the Cambria steamer, starting from Boston, U.S. Bunker's Hill Monument

From the Cambria steamer, starting from Boston, U.S. Bunker's Hill Mon...

Drawing shows view of ships in Boston Harbor. To the right, Bunker Hill Monument. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major, 99 Nassau naer [i.e., near] Fulton St., N.Y.

The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Maj...

Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plantation melodies / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Plantation melodies / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Music cover showing two boys seated on bench, with one of them playing a flute, and the other holding book of music.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J.H. Bufford's Lith., Boston.

Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J...

Print shows Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing right. Inscribed in ink at bottom right: Briggs Coll. 41499. Sheet cropped and appears to have been removed from a bound volume.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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[Students from the Emerson School for Girls]

[Students from the Emerson School for Girls]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Girl with Portrait of George Washingtion]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Girl with Portrait of George Washingtion]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Charles Sprague, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Charles Sprague, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - John Quincy Adams

Josiah Johnson Hawes - John Quincy Adams

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - William Henry Harrison

Josiah Johnson Hawes - William Henry Harrison

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Thurbers' fruit preserves and jellies / Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y.

Thurbers' fruit preserves and jellies / Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y.

Advertising card for Thurbers' fruit preserves and jellies, showing seven little girls with jars of preserves and jelly on shelves.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Charles Sumner, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Charles Sumner, 19th century

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Miss Hodges of Salem

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Miss Hodges of Salem

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Classroom in the Emerson School for Girls

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Classroom in the Emerson School for Girls

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Dr. John Collins Warren

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Dr. John Collins Warren

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman], 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman], 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Man in Judge's Robes; Seated]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Man in Judge's Robes; Seated]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Boston Doctors], 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Boston Doctors], 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Nancy Southworth Hawes]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Nancy Southworth Hawes]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Margaret Fuller (Marchioness Ossoli)

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Margaret Fuller (Marchioness Ossoli)

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Millard Fillmore, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Millard Fillmore, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Francis Parkman, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Francis Parkman, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Lola Montez, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Lola Montez, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Man in a Sheraton Chair]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Man in a Sheraton Chair]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Daniel Webster, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Daniel Webster, 19th century

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Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston (organized 1849) / Armstrong & Co. Lith. 1 Somerset St. Boston and Riverside Press, Cambridge.

Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston (organized 1849) / Armstrong & Co...

Print shows a group portrait of six members of the Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston with their instruments; shown are, from left, Bernhard Listemann, E.M. Heindl, Rudolph Hennig, Ludwig Emanuel Manoly, Thom... More

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Henry Clay, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Henry Clay, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Boy in Dark Suit]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Boy in Dark Suit]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Boston Lawyers or Clergymen (?)]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Boston Lawyers or Clergymen (?)]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Woman in Profile with Lace Collar and Shawl]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Woman in Profile with Lace Collar and Shawl]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Young Girl with Hand Raised to Shoulder]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Young Girl with Hand Raised to Shoulder]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - John Howard Payne

Josiah Johnson Hawes - John Howard Payne

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - James Freeman Clarke

Josiah Johnson Hawes - James Freeman Clarke

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman], 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman], 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Students from the Emerson School for Girls]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Students from the Emerson School for Girls]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Elias Howe, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Elias Howe, 19th century

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[Elderly Woman in Black Cape and Bonnet with Mourning Crape]

[Elderly Woman in Black Cape and Bonnet with Mourning Crape]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Commodore Charles Morris

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Commodore Charles Morris

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Rufus Choate, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Rufus Choate, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman], 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman], 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Lemuel Shaw, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Lemuel Shaw, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman in Nine Oval Views]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Woman in Nine Oval Views]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Donald McKay, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Donald McKay, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - George Peabody, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - George Peabody, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - William Hickling Prescott

Josiah Johnson Hawes - William Hickling Prescott

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Elderly Man; Full Face]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Elderly Man; Full Face]

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Robert Charles Winthrop

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Robert Charles Winthrop

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - John L. Tucker

Josiah Johnson Hawes - John L. Tucker

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Horace Mann, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Horace Mann, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - William Lloyd Garrison

Josiah Johnson Hawes - William Lloyd Garrison

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Donald McKay, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Donald McKay, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Zachary Taylor, 19th century

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Zachary Taylor, 19th century

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Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Man Wearing Turban]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Man Wearing Turban]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Katy Darling A favorite song / / J. H. Bufford's Lith., Boston.

Katy Darling A favorite song / / J. H. Bufford's Lith., Boston.

Print showing title page illustration with man looking sadly at grave of "Katy Darling."

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Man Wearing Turban]

Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Unidentified Man Wearing Turban]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boston Brass Band newspaper illustration

Boston Brass Band newspaper illustration

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Sketch of a house in the streets at Boston Massachusetts: being raised from its foundations for the purpsoe of permanent elevation

Sketch of a house in the streets at Boston Massachusetts: being raised...

Drawing shows a three-story house in Boston, raised off its foundations on stones and logs to increase its elevation. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Orig... More

Vicinity of Boston, from Bunker Hill monument, 1853 / engraved by James Smillie.

Vicinity of Boston, from Bunker Hill monument, 1853 / engraved by Jame...

Print showing a bird's-eye view, looking north and west, of the city of Boston and notable landmarks of the surrounding communities. Includes numbered key identifying prominent features.

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Sculpture Gallery, Boston Athenaeum

Josiah Johnson Hawes - Sculpture Gallery, Boston Athenaeum

Public domain photo of antique sculpture, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Public market houses in Boston / Kilburn, del ; Tarbell, sc.

Public market houses in Boston / Kilburn, del ; Tarbell, sc.

Print shows South Market, Williams Market, Gerrish Market, Boylston Market and Faneuil Hall Market. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 9, no. 7 (1855 Aug. 18), p. 97.

[View Down Brattle Street from the Southworth & Hawes Studio at 5 1/2 Tremont Row, Boston]

[View Down Brattle Street from the Southworth & Hawes Studio at 5 1/2 ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alexander H. Rice, Esq., Mayor of Boston

Alexander H. Rice, Esq., Mayor of Boston

Head and shoulders, facing right; with biogr. text and full masthead illus. of crowded Boston Harbor. Illus. in: Ballou's Pictorial, 1856 January 12. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More

The great Beethoven Festival, celebrated at the Music-Hall, Boston [interior, during performance]

The great Beethoven Festival, celebrated at the Music-Hall, Boston [in...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 14 (1856 Mar. 15), p. 216. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860... More

The Boston and Cambridge new horse railroad / .

The Boston and Cambridge new horse railroad / .

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial (1856 June 7). Title and other information transcribed from unverified data in Pictorial Americana (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1955), p. 63.

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