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Woodcut

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Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper (1852-1922) gave America a taste of the West with woodcuts depicting railroads. In the foreground of this image are Chinese laborers.

Courtesy of The Bancroft Library // University of California, Berkeley // BANC PIC 1963.002:0504–C »

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