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William S. Prettyman "California Avenue, Looking West, Oklahoma, I.T."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05475.03 Author/Creator: William S. Prettyman Place Written: Oklahoma City, Ok. Type: Photograph Date: 1889 Pagination: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.6 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Contemporary inkstamp on bottom of mount: "California Avenue, Looking West, Oklahoma, I.T." Scene similar to preceding photo, with piles of building materials in foreground. The street has already been graded. Wagons and pedestrians are visible on the street. Penciled notation on verso "Oklahoma City, Spring 1889." Companion to # 2.

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