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Unknown|Unknown|American Scenery|Union View Company|American Scenery|H. L. & G. E. Williams

[Group of 5 Stereograph Views of Canals]

1860s–80s
Albumen silver prints
8.9 × 17.8 cm (3.5 × 7 in)

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