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Winter Quarters of the Engineer Corps

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0941 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 8.9 x 8.6 cm Order a Copy

Building constructed by the engineering corps, ornately designed and covered by vegetation to camoflage the structure. Inscription on verso: "Winter quarters of the Engineer corps." Numeric notation on verso: "237."

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