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The Tunnel, Alexandria

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A train tunnel in Alexandria, Virginia. There are six people in the foreground, half are women. Two more people stand on the bridge over the tracks and on the right-hand side in front of a two story white wooden house are possibly seven more people. A steam engine with the words, [U.]S.M.R.R. : SENATOR, is just about to pass under the bridge into the tunnel. Title on mount: The Tunnel Alex. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 41.
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Date
1863
Call number
photCL 301 (25)
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