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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Hall St., Sharpsburg, Maryland, with St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the distance and Gardner's photographic wagon in foreground.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0759 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Sharpsburg, Md. Type: Photograph Date: September 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Sharpsburg-Episcopal Church in distance." View down a road in the town of Sharpsburg, with a house visible to the right and left of the road, and an Episcopal church in the distance. Numeric notation on verso: "38."

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