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Description

The carte de visite features a photograph of five Confederate soldiers pictured with man-of-war guns at Yorktown, Virginia. A sixth soldier stands in the background.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

2 1/2 X 4 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, under print (view partially obstructed); BRADY, WASHINGTON. verso, backmark: BRADY'S ALBUM GALLERY. / No. 409. / Confederate Fortifications, Yorktown / ARMED WITH MAN-OF-WAR GUNS. / The Photographs of this series were taken directly from nature, at con- / siderable cost. Warning is therefore given that legal proceedings will / be at once instituted against any party infringing the copyright. "

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Confederate States of America

Work Type

albumen prints--cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Class

CDVs

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

849

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Confederate Fortifications, Yorktown

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