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Banvard’s Grand Moving Painting of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers at the Egyptian Hall, 1849

This panorama is said to be the largest in the world. The text explains that the illustration is a view of the banks of the Missouri, called the Domes. It also explains how they formed. See also N1924.

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Date The small press advertisement is hand dated January 1849.
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Ref no N3641 Ep.EH146