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View of the Petersburg Gas Works by Timothy O'Sullivan — VisualArtsDB

View of the Petersburg Gas Works

View of the Petersburg Gas Works

Timothy O'Sullivan

1865

Medium: Albumen print, pl. 81 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 17.7 × 23 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.1 × 44.1 cm (12 1/4 × 17 3/8 in.)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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Cereus Giganteus, Arizona

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Central portion of Canñon de Chelle, New Mexico. This Canñon is one of the most remarkable in the west, and is noted for its beauty. The walls are of Red Sand-stone, nearly perpendicular, and at this point are 1.200 feet in height, No. 24 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Central portion of Canñon de Chelle, New Mexico. This Canñon is one of the most remarkable in the west, and is noted for its beauty. The walls are of Red Sand-stone, nearly perpendicular, and at this point are 1.200 feet in height, No. 24 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

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Cooley's Ranch, 10 miles east of Camp Apache, Arizona. A characteristic mountain "Park" and Apache Indian Farm. Here the Apaches grow corn, wheat and a few vegetables, No. 32 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

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One of the group of Pagosa Hot Springs, showing incrustation on the surface. Much prized by the Indians and miners on account of supposed healing qualities. Principal mineral element, Sulphate of Soda, No. 38 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

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View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona, Two Apache Scouts in the Foreground

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Incidents of the War: Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery in Action

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50th Pennsylvania Infantry in Parade Formation

50th Pennsylvania Infantry in Parade Formation

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