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Large collection of relics from Andersonville Prison Camp, labels legible

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0971 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Image shows assorted personal items, a checkerboard, mailbox, plates, utensils and a piece of the "Andersonville Dead Line." Imprint on recto "Brady & Co. Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "67-ADM" "209" "1651." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B. Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries. No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C. & New York."

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