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Grain exchange, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pit on right, telegraph office on left

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Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1939
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Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
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Minneapolis (Minn.) ,  44.98000, -93.26389
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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