Collection of newspaper accounts concerning the Washington centennial, 1889, and the Johnstown flood, 1889.

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Collection of newspaper accounts concerning the Washington centennial, 1889, and the Johnstown flood, 1889.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77734470

Scrapbook containing pamphlets and single newspaper issues covering the centennial of George Washington's presidential inauguration, and the Johnstown, Penn. flood of 1889.

1 v. (88 pieces) : ill. ; 63 cm.

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University Library

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