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French & Co. U.S. Marine Hospital Vicksburg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0099 Author/Creator: French & Co. Place Written: Vicksburg, Mississippi Type: Photograph Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 30.5 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a three-story building in Vicksburg, MS. The Mississippi River can be seen in the background beyond the rest of the city. Title taken from inscription on recto. Stamp of "French & Co., photographers, Vicksburg, Miss." Men posed outside the building and someone standing in the left most bottom window. The building was constructed in 1853 and used as a hospital until 1873 (taken over by the Marines after the end of the siege in 1863). Demolished in 1892. Print is mounted at an angle to the backing material.

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