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Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864 Large albumen photographs taken by Memphis photographer Taft

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06739 Author/Creator: Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1863-1864 Pagination: 10 albumens Order a Copy

Photographs taken from life by Memphis photographer Taft, beginning with Admiral Porter's flagship U.S.S. Blackhawk, also the U.S.S. Tyler, U.S. Navy gun Bat Brown, the Memphis & St. Louis packet boat "The City of Alton," the U.S.S. Fawn, the U.S. Ironclad gun bat "Carondelet" near Vicksburg, U.S. Ironclad "Indianola, and others. Most photographs are oval images of naval vessels.

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