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Alexander Gardner's camp with two assistants next to log cabins. [1863-1864 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0522 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863-1864 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 25.4 cm Order a Copy

Alexander Gardner's camp - photgraphing maps for the army in the field. See Mathew Brady and His World, page 207. Two men are seated in front of a log cabin with a tent streched over it as a roof, one in its doorway and one on a high table. Also on the table is a large folding camera lens, the end of which is covered by a cloth. Numeric notation on verso: "4."

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