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Timothy O'Sullivan

View across Black Cañon. The grand walls in perspective, No. 2 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

1871
Albumen print, stereo
9.3 × 7.5 cm (3.7 × 3 in)

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