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Collection Area Printed Collections Subject Blacksmiths Level [40] File

1. 1784.a.13, 2(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(70)
Title:
Army repair shop. February, 1864 [A field workshop in the Ninth Army Corps, before Petersburg]. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the tents of the repair shop, with craftsmen posed at work in front: 'The tent fly, with its partial walls of loose bricks, covers the forge. Around it are the wheel and harness-makers, evidently resting, with pleasing expectations of forming a dominant feauture o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 2(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(77)
Title:
Forge scene. Front of Petersburg, August, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography 'This photograph represents one of the forges used by the army at Petersburg, and was taken during the intense heat of a summer day. The trees in the distance are dimly seen through the tremulous air, and the pine twigs droop from the eaves of the hut as if a a fire had s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1864
Extent:
1 item

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