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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Six Views of DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, New York and Other Assorted Views
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Six Views of DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, New York and Other Assorted Views

Artist Unknown
Date1865
MediumAlbumen print (carte-de-visite)
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (8.9 × 5.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 18 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (46 × 35.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.238.15
Terms
  • U.S. Civil War
  • Men
  • Military affairs
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DescriptionThis is a carte de visite from the David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. An elaborate tomb with arches, and pinnacles on the four corners as well as the center's highest point, located in an open field with a tree towering to the right side. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].
Label TextUnknown photographer Six Views of DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, New York and Other Assorted Views, 1865 Carte-de-visite, 2-1/4 x 3-3/8 inches Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of David L. Hack and by exchange Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 98.32.238.15
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