View from Libby Hill looking west on Main Street

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View from Libby Hill looking west on Main Street

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No. B851.

Photographer identified in Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003.
Mounted with four other photographs with general caption: Views in Richmond, Virginia.
Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

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01/01/1861
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer
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