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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse, Gettysburg, PA., 9-11 July 1863 ca.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0225 Author/Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Place Written: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1863/07/09-11 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 41.3 cm, Width: 33 cm Order a Copy

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying panel of text reads: "Scenes from the Battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. Gateway of the Cemetery. Being our Centre, looking West, on the 2d and 3d of July, 1863." A wagon, perhaps an ambulance, stands just inside the cemetery gate. Note also the shattered window panes and dismantled fence. The Tyson brothers took a very similar view that August.
See GLC 5111.01.0305, .0523

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