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Hanington's Dioramic Representation of the Great Fire in New York, Dec. 16 and 17, 1835. Now Exhibiting with Other Moving Dioramic Scenes, at the American Museum Every Evening...

1836
Hand-colored lithograph
29.9 × 23.8 cm (11.8 × 9.4 in)

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