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Summary
Photographs show the bridge over the Tiber River and a man driving a horse-drawn cart, Rome, Italy.
On page: no. 1521 (top image) and no. 1523 (bottom image).
In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [139].
Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26.
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
01/01/1923
Contributors
Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer
Location
EUR (Rome, Italy)
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41.82944, 12.46861
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Library of Congress
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