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[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken down]

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Russell, Andrew J.

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[Ca. 1862 Or 1863]
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Civil War

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Keywords

  1. Civil War
  2. Civil War, 1861 1865
  3. History
  4. Salted Paper Prints
  5. Transportation
  6. United States

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