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Ashland, Wis.-- Looking West from Knight Block
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Looking West from Knight Block, with shipping piers and sailing ships on right side, railroad on left, trees in background. Horse-drawn carriages on streets, with horse-drawn trolley and tracks on street on right. Large church at bottom right, just above attached type reading "L S Drew Burlington, VT / Vaness and Am Hotel,"
circa 1890-1899
Winsor, C.
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