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Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863 Cemetery Hill, Showing the Gateway and a portion of the [Evergreen] Cemetery. [August 1863]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0305 Author/Creator: Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863 Place Written: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1863/08 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 36.8 cm, Width: 26.7 cm Order a Copy

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. Taken by the Tyson brothers. Evergreen Cemetery and gate house on East Cemetery Hill. Note damaged window panes from fighting. Graphite inscription on verso "117." A very similar photograph was taken by Gutekunst just following the battle in July.
See GLC 5111.01.0225
Also see GLC 5111.01.0523

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