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A horse drawn carriage carries a woman, child, and man to the gates of the Alms House.
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Title: State Alms House, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Creator: Augustus J. Caillaux (lithographer)
Date: Circa 1850
Format: Lithograph
Publisher: J.H. Bufford, Boston
Source: American Antiquarian Society
Control no.: Lithf Buff Cail Stat
Keywords: Aging; Almshouses; Architecture; Confinement; Economics; Government; Government Agencies; Institutions; Landscape; Massachusetts; Policy; Poverty; Public Welfare; Social Welfare & Employment
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations