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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 View of Chimborago Hospital, Richmond, Va.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07070 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 albumen Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 25.7 cm Order a Copy

Distant view showing barracks, with Black man holding crutches sitting in the left foreground, facing away from the camera. Title from pencil note on verso.

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