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Railroad depot, Culpepper, Va.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0741 Author/Creator: Place Written: Culpeper, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Railroad Station, Culpepper, Va." Railroad tracks, with two trains in background, run between a street of buildings and a large brick house. Two men stand at far left. Numeric Notation on verso: "54."

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