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Summary
(DLC/PP-1932:0033).
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Also published in: Harper's magazine, 100:106 (Dec. 1899).
Published in: Their Silver Wedding Journey / William Dean Howells. New York : Harper & Bros., 1899, vol. 2, p. 458.
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Date
01/01/1899
Contributors
Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas), 1858-1920, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Cabinet of American Illustration," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/111_cai.html
