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Harper’s Ferry, from Railroad-Contraband Camp in Foreground

Harper’s Ferry, from Railroad-Contraband Camp in Foreground

Harper’s Ferry, from Railroad-Contraband Camp in Foreground

1865

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.3 cm) Sheet: 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.3 cm) Mount: 3 1/4 in. × 6 3/4 in. (8.2 × 17.1 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Harper’s Ferry, from Railroad-Contraband Camp in Foreground by John P. Soule — VisualArtsDB