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Image Title: The Sylvic Gas Light, circa 1840

Description: Advertising Poster for The Sylvic Gas Light B. Franklin Coston, Patentee, Washington City, D.C., circa 1840. Print showing a gas light generator for use in "Hotels, Light Houses, Steam Boats, Cottages, Factories, Churches" with vignettes of buildings, boats, and gas lights.

Creator: Vaudricourt, Augustus de, Artist

Date: 1840

Original Media: Print

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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