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Timothy O'Sullivan

Alpine lakes, and mountain scenery, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 13.000 feet above sea-level, No. 47 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

1874
Albumen print, stereo
9.2 × 7.5 cm (3.6 × 3 in)

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