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Fitchburg Railroad Company Station house, North Adams, MA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05235.10.02 Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company Place Written: North Adams, Mass. Type: Photograph Date: 1893 ca. Pagination: 1 cyanotype ; 11.5 x 17.1 cm. Order a Copy

Second print of GLC05235.10.01. Possibly a better print than the first, but with minor yellowish stain at right edge of station house and small dog-ear in lower right corner.

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