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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Washington, District of Columbia. Quartermaster warehouse

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0163 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: May 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 17.3 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of Quartermaster's warehouses in Washington, DC. Group of civilian men and boys on street in front of two white buildings. Some men on the end of the loading dock [far right] stand with supplies and hand trucks [dollies]. The second white building in center of image has two closed skylights. A three story brick building is visible to the right hand side of the photograph. "XXIX" "870."

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