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U.S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps by Timothy H. O'Sullivan — VisualArtsDB

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U.S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps

U.S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps

U.S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

1864

Medium: Albumen print, pl. 62 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 17.3 × 22.3 cm (6 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Album page: 31.1 × 44 cm (12 1/4 × 17 3/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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19th centuryphotographyalbumen silver printphotographCollected by Hugh EdwardsGardner's Photographic Sketch Book

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