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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 1, 2011.
Depicted ContentBaton Rouge, LA
Image type
engraving
Original caption
Western view of Baton Rouge - the view shows the appearance of Baton Rouge, as seen from the levee on the opposite bank of the Mississippi, about a mile distant. The Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum is seen on the extreme right; the State Capitol is the next prominent building to the left.
Source citation
John Warner Barber & Henry Howe,Our Whole Country or the Past and Present of the United States....Volume II (New York: Tuttle & McCauley, 1861), 860.