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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: November 15, 2014
Caption: Baltimore American, June 22, 1855
Additional Description: Destruction of the Laurel Cotton Factory.—
The Laurel Cotton Factory on the Patuxent River, in Prince George's County was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon...The whole of the machinery was destroyed together with all the stock...By this calamity two hundred sixty operators were thrown out of employment and must so remain until the factory is rebuilt...Close-up of photo on marker
Submitted: November 22, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p292933
File Size: 2.247 Megabytes

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