Interior of Gracie’s Salient / Alexander Gardner
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Title
Interior of Gracie’s Salient / Alexander Gardner
Collection
United States Sanitary Commission records. Condensed historical matter
Photographs
War views
Albumen prints
Names
United States Sanitary Commission (Creator)
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1865-05
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 18819
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Health aspects
Public health -- United States
War photography
War
Battlefields -- Virginia -- Petersburg
Petersburg (Va.)
Genres
Notes
Content: War views consist of albumen prints and stereographs originally located in the Medical Committee Archives.
Content: Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war, v. 2, no. 86: Interior view of Confederate line at Gracie’s Salient, May, 1865.
Content: Gracie’s Salient... Marker is in Petersburg, Virginia -- https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=37415, retrieved November 8, 20223
Content: A salient (also known as a panhandle or bootheel) is an elongated protrusion of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salient_(geography), retrieved November 8, 2023
Physical Description
Albumen prints
Extent: 1 photograph ; 19 x 24 cm.
Identifiers
Archives ID: 18819
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11660964
Archives EAD ID: 363494
Archives Components ID: 763049
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bc421160-5af3-013c-adc4-0242ac110002
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