Fire in East Albany, New York, July 5, 1861, detail

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Rebecca Solnit, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/20/2010

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 25, 2010.

Depicted ContentAlbany, NY

Depicted ContentAcross the river from the New York capital, a huge fire in East Albany destroys two freight depots

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engraving

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Great conflagration in East Albany, N.Y. on the night of the 5th of July, 1861 - Total destruction of the freight depots of the Albany and Boston Railroad Co., together with all their contents and several loaded canal boats - Loss of property over half a million dollars - From a sketch taken on the spot

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 20, 1861, p. 148.

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Cropped from the larger image.