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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Recovery without amputation after gun shot fracture of the head of the left tibia involving knee joint, Lt. Thomas W. Robertson, 79th New York Volunteers
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Recovery without amputation after gun shot fracture of the head of the left tibia involving knee joint, Lt. Thomas W. Robertson, 79th New York Volunteers

Manufacturer Surgeon General's Office
CultureAmerican
DateJuly 18, 1865
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Overall: 9 1/8 × 7 11/16 in. (23.2 × 19.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.184
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A sepia toned photograph of an older man with a moustache. He is wearing a vest and shirt and has on one pant leg with two stripes running down the side. He has a shoe on his right foot. His left leg and foot are exposed while his foot rests on a rectangular object. His left hand rests on a nearby chair. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2014.
Alexander Gardner
February 5, 1865