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Ravine at Yorktown, Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0881 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

A view of the several wooden buildings constructed in the Ravine at Yorktown, Virginia. Inscription on verso: "View of Ravine at Yorktown, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "17."

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