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[Man on goat cart, other people milling around, Washington, D.C.]
Summary
Photo shows an African-American wagoner driving a home-made, four-goat-powered cart along the south front of the Treasury Building on Alexander Hamilton Place, NW. To the left rear is the second Corcoran Office Building, now the site of the Washington Hotel on 15th Street. Painter took this picture on the day of the Easter Egg Roll. (Source: Ison article on Painter, 1990)
Published in: "Uriah Hunt Painter and the 'Marvelous Kodak Camera,' by Mary Ison (Library staff). Washington History, vol. 2, no. 2 (Fall/Winter, 1990/1991), p. 37.
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Date
01/01/1889
Contributors
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 1837-1900, photographer
Location
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
