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Adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: New York: A Documentary Film: "The Country and the City",
Third party materials courtesy of Erie Canal Museum, New-York Historical Society: images #26284A, #26285, 1854.1/neg #7225c, and John Hill Print Collection PR 217, Folder 42, and Steeplechase Films.