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Ferryboat "Middlesex"
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View of the ferryboat "Middlesex" docked in the Connecticut River. Two men and three boys stand on the boat, and another man are on shore. "Middlesex" is painted on a life preserver. Caption reads: "Ferryboat "Middlesex" Hadlyme-Chester Ferry."
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