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Detail of Peter Stuyvesant Statue
Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: July 11, 2012
Caption: Detail of Peter Stuyvesant Statue
Additional Description: The statue depicts Peter Stuyvesant with his peg leg. He lost his leg in the service of the Dutch West India Company in the West Indies. According to legend, Stuyvesant would stamp his wooden leg and roar at the assembly of New Amsterdam when they would disagree with him.
Submitted: July 23, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p213055
File Size: 4.479 Megabytes

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