Trappers and traders of the Far West : production material, 1952.

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Trappers and traders of the Far West : production material, 1952.

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The history of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, from the land and sea expeditions to found Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River to the sale of the trading post to the British during the War of 1812. 6 charcoal studies.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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