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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

OCTAGON CHURCH, ALBANY C1870

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c. 1870

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This is an early black-and-white photographic image of the original Octagonal Church in Albany, possibly taken during its school period. This north-facing Duke Street frontage image shows four children standing in front of the doorway to the building. In the foreground, on the left, two children are leaning against a post-and-rail fence. In the lower center image, an Australian Shepard is poised and on alert. Princess Royal Harbor can be made out in the background behind the building.

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cwa-org-51-P1998.1104

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-35.027091580436, 117.87991995832

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