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Poet in the Park: 1906

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 12:01pm.
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1906. "Washington Park -- Charleston, South Carolina." The bust is of Charleston native son Henry Timrod, "poet laureate of the Confederacy," backdropped by the Washington Light Infantry Obelisk, a Civil War monument. 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size.

1906. "Washington Park -- Charleston, South Carolina." The bust is of Charleston native son Henry Timrod, "poet laureate of the Confederacy," backdropped by the Washington Light Infantry Obelisk, a Civil War monument. 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size.

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Submitted by VicS on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 1:14am.

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