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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
General View from Signal Tower, Peebles Farm, Petersburg
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

General View from Signal Tower, Peebles Farm, Petersburg

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, 1840-1882)
CultureAmerican
DateMay 1865
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (15.6 × 23.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (22.7 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.234
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A sepia toned photograph from an aerial view and open field scattered with some trees. Looks to be a fort with several small encampments, and dirt roads. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].