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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Government Repair Shop and large group of workers, Washington, D.C. [1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0533 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 23.5 cm Order a Copy

A long white Government Repair Shop stretches across the image with a large group of workers standing on the wooden sidewalk out front. Two men are off by themselves, one of whom appears to be either a soldier or policeman, on the right side of the image near a blurry figure in civilian clothes. Washington became a major center for army services during the war. Numerous government repair shops [some massive in size] employing hundreds of skilled and unskilled workers were established to keep the armies running. Numeric notation on verso: "XXIX" and "836." A very similar photo can be see in .0138.
See GLC 5111.01.0138

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