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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1784.a.13, 1 Language Not applicable Name Pywell, William R.

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

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(1)
Title:
Marshall House, Alexandria, Va. Photographer: Pywell, William R.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of Marshall House, standing on a corner, with shops on either side: 'The Marshall House, at the commencement of the war, was a dingy old hotel, kept by a man generally known in that section by the name of Jim Jackson. It was in this building that Col. Ellsworth of th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1862
Extent:
1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(2)
Title:
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. August, 1863. Photographer: Pywell, William R.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across the roadway towards the slave pen buildings. A sign painted on the building reads: 'Price, Birch & Co. Dealers in Slaves.' 'In many of the Southern cities the people had erected buildings of this kind for the confinement of slaves awaiting sale. Th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1863
Extent:
1 item

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