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Docks City Point, Va.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0391 Author/Creator: Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 10.7 x 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Title from inscription on verso. Image of river bank with bridge crossing it. Buildings are built on docks over the water in the distance. Remains of brick building visible on the right hand side of the image. Numeric notation: "812 - [struck: XIII] XI - I."

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