New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Secret Service Headquarters, Showing Copying Techniques, Army of the Potomac

Artist Alexander Gardner (American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)

CultureAmerican | Scottish

Date1862

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/8 × 20 in. (41 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.295

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. Black and white photograph of a log cabin and a tent in the woods. The foreground is covered with branches and stumps presumably used for the construction of the cabin. One man sits in the doorway of the cabin while another man sits on a long table situated horizontally outside of the tent. There are several tall thin trees still standing around the area. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].