Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-12-25

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ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
Tho illustrations for The Aldine have won . worls-
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IN ms OWE Dome the pleasures and refining III uenees
" true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 viii bs Thomas
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hr West" One is view in the White Montana
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9deen river, wyoming Territory. The difference IN
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