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Wagon tracks and gate in St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1865. View full size. Left half of a wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph made by Samuel A. Cooley.
This is from the opposite side of the gates. My daughter is standing in the gateway. Click to enlarge.
These are the old city gates located at the north end of the old town. Still standing.
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