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1. 1784.a.13, 1

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1
Title:
Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war. Vol. I. Photographer(s): Pywell, William R.
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Philp and Solomons, Publishers — Washington, D.C. [1865]. Full leather oblong folio album, measuring 320 x 440 mm, with publisher's monogram, an intertwined 'P & S' within a shield, and title 'Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War' stamped in gilt on front board, within go...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1862-1865
Extent:
49 items

2. 1784.a.13, 1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(36)
Title:
A Harvest of Death, Battle-field of Gettysburg: MISSING.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. 1784.a.13, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(6)
Title:
Quaker guns, Centreville. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of fortified area and revetement in foreground, with cantonment huts of the Southern Army in the distance. In the foreground are the 'Quaker' guns - tree trunks mounted on the fortification in imitation of siege guns.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(11)
Title:
Fortifications at Manassas. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards earthwork fortifications, with soldiers posed among the line of earth-filled barrels in the foreground: 'This sketch represents a portion of the Confederate fortifications at Manassas after their occupation by the Federal Army. The works were laid out...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

6. 1784.a.13, 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(5)
Title:
Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Va. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of earthwork fortifications, with a group of soldiers posed in the foreground: 'After the first battle of Bull Run, the Confederates extended their earthworks from Manassas across Bull Run, and along the ridge of Centreville. The works shown in the photograph were co...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

7. 1784.a.13, 1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(48)
Title:
Culpeper, Va. November, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across fields towards the town, with army tents in the middleground: 'Another year, and peace will have hidden the scars that now so sadly mar its beauty. Nature cannot be wholly defrauded of her blossoms, or prevented from drawing her mantle over the deserts...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1863
Extent:
1 item

8. 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

9. 1784.a.13, 1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(24)
Title:
Scene in Pleasant Valley, MD. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Portrait group posed on the steps leading up to the verandah of the house: 'The house of Mrs. Lee, situated in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, was selected by General McClellan, after the battle of Antietam, as a temporary home for Mrs. McClellan, who paid a brief visit to the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

10. 1784.a.13, 1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(35)
Title:
Gettysburg. July, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view taken from Cemetery Ridge looking towards the town, with an army encampment in the field in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item