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Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Signal tower overlooking Antietam battlefield

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Signal tower overlooking Antietam battlefield

T. O'Sullivan is credited as the photographer in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, but he did not photograph at Antietam. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Signal tow... More

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpike

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnp...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam bridge, on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpike. Looking up stream. Sept. 1862. Bridge name: Middle Bridge or Orndorff Bridge (pre-Civil W... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside bridge across the Antietam. Northeast view. With graves of Union Soldiers. Sept. 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, L... More

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, looking across stream

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, looking across stream

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam bridge, looking across stream. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4176. Bridge name: Middle Bridge or Orndorff Bridge (pre-Civil... More

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River at Berlin, October 1862

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River at Berlin, October 1862

No. 4218. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 25. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 56 - 57". Gift; ... More

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam

President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish p... More

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: General A.E. Burnside and staff, Warrenton, Va. Group includes: Orlando B. Willcox, ... More

Military Telegraphic Corps, Army of the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862

Military Telegraphic Corps, Army of the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862

Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More

Confederate Soldier [on the Battlefield at Antietam]

Confederate Soldier [on the Battlefield at Antietam]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

Antietam Bridge, On the Sharpsburg and Boonsboro Turnpike, No. 1, September 1862

Antietam Bridge, On the Sharpsburg and Boonsboro Turnpike, No. 1, Sept...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who ... More

Burnside Bridge, Across the Antietam, near Sharpsburg, No. 1, September 1862

Burnside Bridge, Across the Antietam, near Sharpsburg, No. 1, Septembe...

Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More

Inspection of Troops at Cumberlanding, Pamunkey, Virginia

Inspection of Troops at Cumberlanding, Pamunkey, Virginia

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who... More

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gardner.

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positi...

Photograph showing soldiers in front of the Lacy House near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866],... More

Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; positive by A. Gardner.

Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; p...

Photograph showing the cannons used by the Union army in a battery near the York River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866... More

[Soldier standing at graves of Federal soldiers, along stone fence, at Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Maryland]

[Soldier standing at graves of Federal soldiers, along stone fence, at...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). LC-B815-585. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Ci... More

[Black soldier standing near chair with hat in seat]

[Black soldier standing near chair with hat in seat]

Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish phot... More

[Man wearing a hat, in profile, on horseback]

[Man wearing a hat, in profile, on horseback]

Public domain photograph - horses, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photogra... More

View on Battle-field of Antietam

View on Battle-field of Antietam

Photographer name from Frassanito, W. Antietam, 1978. Title from Frassanito, W. Antietam, 1978: Confederate dead on the Miller farm, looking toward the west woods. Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Credit lin... More

President Lincoln of battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862 / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

President Lincoln of battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862 / Alex....

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln at Antietam, Maryland, on Friday, October 3, 1862; Lincoln is posed standing by a chair and facing McClellan with other Union Army officers grouped outside a tent. From left to ... More

Pontoon Bridge Across the Potomac, at Berlin

Pontoon Bridge Across the Potomac, at Berlin

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known fo... More

[President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, near Antietam]

[President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, n...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Headquarters of Signal Corps

Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Headquarters of Signal Corps

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters Signal Corps, Harrison's landing. Aug. 1862. Miller, vol. 8, p. 317. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-H. Credit line: Civil war p... More

Antietam, Maryland. Sherrick's house, near Burnside bridge

Antietam, Maryland. Sherrick's house, near Burnside bridge

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battle-field of Antietam Sherrick's House, near Burnside Bridge, September 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-C. Credit line: Civil war ph... More

Pleasant Valley, Maryland. Group of Signal Corps detachment

Pleasant Valley, Maryland. Group of Signal Corps detachment

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group of Signal Corps Detachment, Pleasant Valley. Annotation from negative, stereo label: Miller vol. 8, p. 319. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More

Antietam, Maryland. General John C. Caldwell and staff on battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. General John C. Caldwell and staff on battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war p... More

The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

Photograph shows President Lincoln and General McClellan seated inside a tent on the Battlefield of Antietam. Ostendorf, no. 66 Meserve, no. 43. Printed under photo: Entered according to act of Congress, in th... More

Confederate Soldier [on the Battlefield at Antietam]

Confederate Soldier [on the Battlefield at Antietam]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

Group at Secret Service Department, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862

Group at Secret Service Department, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac,...

Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More

Confederate fortifications at Manassas, Virginia, Confederate States of America.

Confederate fortifications at Manassas, Virginia, Confederate States o...

Negative by Barnard & Gibson. Civil War Collection. No. 4175. Published in: Photographic sketch book of the war, vol. I, pl. 11. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photogra... More

Mathews' House, battle-field of Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardner.

Mathews' House, battle-field of Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibso...

Photograph showing a house on a hill above the battlefield at Bull Run. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 8. ... More

Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Antietam

Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Ant...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

Colonel J. H. Childs and staff, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Westover Landing, Virginia, Aug. 1862

Colonel J. H. Childs and staff, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Westover Lan...

Photographer information from 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. Purchase; L.C. Han... More

Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run

Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

Icon What Do I Want, John Henry?, public domain photograph

Icon What Do I Want, John Henry?, public domain photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 18... More

Burnside Bridge, Across Antietam Creek, Maryland

Burnside Bridge, Across Antietam Creek, Maryland

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

Warrenton, Virginia. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Generals, Ambrose E. Burnside, Winfield S. Hancock, Darius N. Couch, Edward Ferrero, Marsena R. Patrick, Orlando B. Willcox, John Cochrane, John Buford and others

Warrenton, Virginia. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Generals, Ambr...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Generals Burnside, Hancock, Couch, Ferro, Patrick, Wilcox, Cochrane, Buford and others. Headquarters Army of the Potomac, November 10th, 1862. C... More

[View of Ditch, Battlefield of Antietam]

[View of Ditch, Battlefield of Antietam]

Public domain photograph - landscape, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photo... More

Moore House, Yorktown, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Moore House, Yorktown, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

Mrs. Greenhow and Daughter, Imprisoned in the Old Capitol, Washington

Mrs. Greenhow and Daughter, Imprisoned in the Old Capitol, Washington

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... More

Falmouth, Virginia. Abandoned Camp, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Falmouth, Virginia. Abandoned Camp, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) 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... More

Battery No. 1, Near Yorktown, Virginia

Battery No. 1, Near Yorktown, Virginia

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 18... More

Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardner.

Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive b...

Illustration showing the remains of a turntable on the Orange and Alexandria railroad after the station was destroyed by retreating Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alex... More

Scouts and guides of the Army of Potomac, Berlin, Md., October 1862

Scouts and guides of the Army of Potomac, Berlin, Md., October 1862

No. 4219. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 28. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Alexander Gardner (October ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Real's barn, burned by the bursting of a Federal shell at the battle of Antietam

Antietam, Maryland. Real's barn, burned by the bursting of a Federal s...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Real's barn, burned by the bursting of a federal shell at the battle of Antietam. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line:... More

Keedysville, Maryland (vicinity). Smith's barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam

Keedysville, Maryland (vicinity). Smith's barn, used as a hospital aft...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Smith's house and barn near Keedysville, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam. Sept. 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More

Antietam, Maryland. Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge

Antietam, Maryland. Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Graves of federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge, Antietam, 21st September 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Credit line: Civil war photogr... More

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam Bridge, eastern view

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam Bridge, eastern view

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam Bridge, eastern view. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4176. Credi... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge from the southeast

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge from the southeast

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside Bridge from the south east. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of... More

Antietam Bridge, On the Sharpsburg and Boonsboro Turnpike, No. 2, September 1862

Antietam Bridge, On the Sharpsburg and Boonsboro Turnpike, No. 2, Sept...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who i... More

Quaker Guns, Centreville, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Quaker Guns, Centreville, Virginia, J. Paul Getty Museum

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scott... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand (right), and E. J. Allen (Allan Pinkerton, left), Chief of the Secret Service of the United States, at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, near  Antietam, Maryland]

[President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand (right), ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

[Antietam Battlefield], 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Antietam Battlefield], 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

Mathews' House, Battle-Field of Bull Run

Mathews' House, Battle-Field of Bull Run

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer ... More

Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia

Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia

Public domain photograph - landscape, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photo... More

Westover Landing, Virginia. Colonel William W. Averell, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry and staff

Westover Landing, Virginia. Colonel William W. Averell, 3d Pennsylvani...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Wm. W. Averill and staff, Westover Landing, Aug. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-A and LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photograph... More

[Bv't. Maj. General John C. Caldwell and staff posed in front of tent]

[Bv't. Maj. General John C. Caldwell and staff posed in front of tent]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 580. 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 t... More

View of Slaughter Pen at Battle of Gettysburg.

View of Slaughter Pen at Battle of Gettysburg.

Public domain photograph - landscape, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photo... More

Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862

Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862

Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More

Icon Antietam Bridge, Maryland, public domain photograph

Icon Antietam Bridge, Maryland, public domain photograph

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Ruins of Mumma's house on the battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. Ruins of Mumma's house on the battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Ruins of Mumma's House on Battlefield of Antietam, Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-C and LOT 4165-C. Credit line: Civil war photo... More

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Lts. Edward C. Pearce, John C. Babcock and Rockwell (center)

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Lts. Edward C. Pearce, John C. Babcock and Roc...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Lieutenants Pearce, John C. Babcock and Rockwell on Elk Mountain, Maryland, Oct. '62. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war... More

Antietam, Maryland. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the Burnside bridge

Antietam, Maryland. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the Burnsid...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate soldiers as they fell, near the Burnside Bridge at the Battle of Antietam, Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Ditch with bodies of soldiers on right wing used as a rifle pit by Confederates

Antietam, Maryland. Ditch with bodies of soldiers on right wing used a...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam, Md. Sept. 1862, Ditch on right wing used as rifle pit by Confederates. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Lib... More

Scouts and Guides to the Army of the Potomac

Scouts and Guides to the Army of the Potomac

Public domain historical photo of camp, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who... More

Scouts and guides to the Army of the Potomac / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Scouts and guides to the Army of the Potomac / Alex. Gardner, photogra...

Illustration showing members of the Secret Service department of the Army of the Potomac. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photogra... More

Scouts and Guides to the Army of the Potomac

Scouts and Guides to the Army of the Potomac

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

Pontoon Bridge, Across the Potomac, at Berlin, Maryland, November 1862

Pontoon Bridge, Across the Potomac, at Berlin, Maryland, November 1862

Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More

Pontoon bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Pontoon bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin / Alex. Gardner, photogra...

Photograph showing a pontoon bridge across the Potomac River to the village of Berlin, Maryland. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomon... More

The Shebang, or Quarters of U. S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station

The Shebang, or Quarters of U. S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

'Home of a Rebel  Sharpshooter'

'Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter'

Gesneuveld op het slagveld bij Gettysburg tijdens de Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the ... More

Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg

Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Copy negative was made from a photograph in a private collection. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.... More

Trossell's House, Battle-Field of Gettysburg

Trossell's House, Battle-Field of Gettysburg

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

[President Abraham Lincoln seated with his secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay]

[President Abraham Lincoln seated with his secretaries John Hay and Jo...

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln seated between his private secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay at a photo session in Alexander Gardner's studio in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 1863. "On this day ... More

Completely Silenced. Dead Confederate Artillerymen, as They Lay Around Their Battery After the Battle of Antietam.

Completely Silenced. Dead Confederate Artillerymen, as They Lay Around...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. po...

Photograph showing soldiers and their tents in front of the residence of Dr. Murray, a stone building called "the Castle." Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washingt... More

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, funeral, burial, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer... More

Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia

Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Capt. James Robertson

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade comma...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade, Culpeper, September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner, based on similarity to LC-B817-7076. Corres... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Supply boats at the wharf

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Supply boats at the wharf

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Aquia Greek Landing, Feb, 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4175. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints a... More

Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock

Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of officers: Colonel Rogers, Lt. Colonel Sawtelle, Dr. Whyte, Capt. McGraw and Capt. J.W. Forsyth, Provost Marshal, Major A. Parker Porter

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of officers: Colonel Rogers, Lt. ...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group of officers: Col. Rogers, Lt. Col. Sawtelle, Dr. Wright, Capt. McGraw and Capt. Forsyth. Aquia Creek Landing, Va., February 1863. Correspo... More

Group of Confederate Prisoners, Fairfax Court-House

Group of Confederate Prisoners, Fairfax Court-House

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows full-length portrait of Lincoln seated at a table and leaning on a book. Ostendorf, no. 74. Meserve, no. 55. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photograph... More

Photographic Incidents of the War. All Over Now - Confederate Sharp-Shooter at Foot of Round Top, Gettysburg.

Photographic Incidents of the War. All Over Now - Confederate Sharp-Sh...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and newspaper, Aug. 9, 1863]

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and...

"Lincoln poses in Gardner's new gallery on Sunday, August 9, 1863. ... Lincoln had promised to be Gardner's first sitter and chose Sunday for his visit to avoid 'curiosty-seekers and other seekers' while on his... More

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kno... More

Aquia Creek, Virginia. Group standing in front of hospital

Aquia Creek, Virginia. Group standing in front of hospital

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group at Aquia Creek Hospital. February 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Cong... More

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863

No. 4172. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1865], v. 1, pl. 27 with title: What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., Novem... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of Commissary clerks

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of Commissary clerks

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: group of Commissary clerks. Aquia Creek Landing, Va. February 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861... More

George A. Custer and General Alfred Pleasanton on horseback

George A. Custer and General Alfred Pleasanton on horseback

LIBI_00019_00529, Photographed by Alexander Gardner, "General George A. Custer (left) and General Alfred Pleasanton (right) on Horseback in Front of Tents During the Civil War," circa 1863. Alexander Gardner (... More

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield of Gettysburg

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield o...

No. 235. Top left photograph on mount with five other photographs. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) wa... More

Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia

Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best kn... More

Evacuation of Aquia Creek / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Evacuation of Aquia Creek / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A...

Photograph showing ships loaded with supplies in Aquia Creek. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 33. Copyright... More

Provost Marshal's Office, Aquia Creek

Provost Marshal's Office, Aquia Creek

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ... More

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Photograph shows officers of the Sanitary Commission in front of the headquarter in Gettysburg. No. 238. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the ga... More

Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg

Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

[Black Soldier in Camp] - Early photography, Public domain image

[Black Soldier in Camp] - Early photography, Public domain image

Possibly by Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs... More

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