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Pencil drawing of Lawrence in 1856.

The drawing was found in the corner-stone of the old Unitarian church in 1893. This sketch was supposed to have been made by Miss Lucy Wilder (later Mrs. B. W. Woodward) on the day the corner-stone of the Unitarian Church was laid.

Image from "A Souvenir History of Lawrence, Kansas, 1898," by E.F. Caldwell.

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Drawing of Lawrence in 1855
Lucy Wilder
Unitarian Churches
Type: image
Project: WJHS Grant
Temporal coverage: c. 1856
Spacial coverage: Lawrence, KS - Old Unitarian Church
Creator: Miss Lucy Wilder (later Mrs. B. W. Woodward)
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