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George F. Cram (1842-1928), or George Franklin Cram, was an American mapmaker and businessman. During the Civil War, Cram served under General William Tecumseh Sherman and participated in his March to the Sea. His letters of that time are now important sources for historians of the Civil War. In 1867, Cram and his uncle, Rufus Blanchard, began the company known by their names in Evanston, Illinois.
Two years later, Cram became sole proprietor and the company was henceforth known as George F. Cram Co. Specializing in atlases, Cram was one of the first American companies to publish a world atlas. One of their most famous products was the Unrivaled Atlas of the World, in print from the 1880s to the 1950s.
Cram died in 1928, seven years after he had merged the business with that of a customer, E.A. Peterson. The new company still bore Cram’s name. Four years later, the Cram Company began to make globes, a branch of the business that would continue until 2012, when the company ceased to operate. For the final several decades of the company’s existence it was controlled by the Douthit family, who sold it just before the company was shuttered.
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Chicago / 1878
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG+
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101221
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Chicago / 1878
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14 x 18 inches
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VG
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101212
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Chicago / 1878
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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101204
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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101202
Place/Date:
Indianapolis / 1939
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23 x 28.5 inches
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VG+
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83320
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1886
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16 x 22.5 inches
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VG+
Stock#:
101098
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Chicago / 1878
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16 x 21 inches
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VG
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101225
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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16 x 20.5 inches
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VG
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101216
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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101203
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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16.5 x 21 inches
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VG
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101201
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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14 x 20 inches
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VG
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101223
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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17 x 21 inches
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VG+
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101224
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Chicago / 1871
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23.8 x 15.5 inches
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VG
Stock#:
88016
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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15 x 19.5 inches
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VG+
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101214
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1875
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15 x 19.5 inches
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VG+
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88234
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Chicago / 1878
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29 x 17 inches
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VG
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101227
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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19.5 x 15 inches
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101215
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Chicago / 1878
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15 x 19 inches
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VG
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101206
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Chicago / 1878
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15 x 19.5 inches
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101205
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Chicago / 1883
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41 x 19 inches
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VG
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77053
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Chicago / 1878
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20 x 27.5 inches
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101220
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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30 x 21 inches
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VG
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101219
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG+
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101217
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1878
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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101211
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1871
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32.25 x 26.75 inches
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VG
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87374
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1885
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27 x 38 inches
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See Description
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100816
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Chicago / 1879
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21 x 28.5 inches
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VG+
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101166
Archived
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Chicago / 1892
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12 x 9 inches
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VG
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3016
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Chicago / 1897
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12.5 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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3017
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Chicago / 1899
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13 x 10 inches
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VG+
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3356
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
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13 x 10 inches
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VG+
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3378
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Chicago / 1897
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18 x 12 inches
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VG+
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3384
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Chicago / 1892
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13 x 10 inches
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3385
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Chicago / 1892
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13.5 x 9 inches
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VG+
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3388
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
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12.5 x 10 inches
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VG+
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3392
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Chicago / 1889
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13 x 10 inches
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VG
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3938
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Chicago / 1895
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13 x 10 inches
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VG+
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3943
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1889
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13 x 10 inches
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VG
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3947
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Chicago / 1899
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23.5 x 17.5 inches
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VG+
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5071
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Chicago / 1899
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22.5 x 16 inches
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5092
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
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13.5 x 10 inches
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Chicago / 1889
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18 x 12 inches
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Chicago / 1889
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13.5 x 10 inches
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5387
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Chicago / 1889
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10 x 13 inches
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Chicago / 1898
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13 x 10 inches
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6972
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Chicago / 1898
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16.5 x 11 inches
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6988
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Chicago / 1887
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16.5 x 12 inches
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8464
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Chicago / 1897
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20 x 13 inches
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15808
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Chicago / 1897
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13 x 10 inches
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15811
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1897
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13 x 10 inches
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15814
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1897
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13 x 10 inches
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15816
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1897
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13 x 10 inches
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15817
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1897
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13 x 10 inches
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15818
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1897
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10 x 13 inches
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15819
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1897
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13 x 10 inches
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15820
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Chicago / 1899
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13 x 10 inches
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18131
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1896
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22.5 x 16 inches
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19567
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1902
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13 x 10 inches
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VG+
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19785
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1897
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10 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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20625
Map of the Pacific Ocean showing Distances between principal points and the International date line.
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1889
Size:
20 x 13 inches
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22833
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
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12 x 10 inches
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25540
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1898 circa
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10.5 x 16 inches
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VG+
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27994
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1899 circa
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
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28012
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1890 circa
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13 x 10 inches
Condition:
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28105
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892 circa
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13 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
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28106
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1895 circa
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12 x 9 inches
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VG+
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28162
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1895 circa
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13 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
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28181
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1895 circa
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12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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28196
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1895 circa
Size:
20.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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28368
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
Size:
13 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
28756
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1892
Size:
18.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
28970
