Union Signal Tower, Peebles Farm, Petersburg, Virginia
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.1 × 19.4 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (25.6 × 21.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/8 × 16 1/16 in. (51.1 × 40.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (25.6 × 21.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/8 × 16 1/16 in. (51.1 × 40.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.105
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A sepia toned photograph of a wooden construction in a dusty field. Planks are criss-crossed into X patterns. The base starts out wide and comes in gradually narrower. There is a ladder going up the interior of the piece and on top there is a platform with a man standing on top of it. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_(Hack Collection No. 2].
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
June 20, 1864
