The levee at Vicksburg, Mississippi
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1113 Author/Creator: Place Written: Vicksburg, Mississippi Type: Photograph Date: Feb 1864 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 8.3 cm Order a Copy
The image shows three steamboats full of people docked at a levee. Several buildings occupy the foreground. Inscriptions on verso: "The levee at Vicksburg, Miss., Feb., 1864" "Eve Post mag. wanted July 25 3 PM" and "4 in square no rule." Numeric notation on verso: "137." Stamp of the Frederick H. Meserve Collection of Americana also on verso.
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