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Description: | A painted portrait of young George Washington in the uniform of a British Colonial Colonel. The portrait was possibly made by Peale (Charles Wilson?) and o... |
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Description: | A portrait of George Washington's wife, Martha Washington by Gilbert Stuart. |
Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro... |
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Description: | Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and t... |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. |
Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison. |
Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | A stereograph of exterior of General Lee's residence. |
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Description: | William Howard Taft (S9/15/1857 – 3/8/1930), the 27th President of the United States (3/4/1909 – 3/4/1913), wearing a top hat and sitting in a boat with a ... |
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Description: | Women and children play on the lawn in front of the cabins of Rockbridge Alum Springs, a camp for children. The children and adults are holding hands in a ... |
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Description: | An old woman known as Aunt Charlotte in an ox-drawn cart on fortress grounds. Caption reads: "Aunt Charlotte, Fortress Monroe, VA." |
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Description: | Amateur painting by Eleanor R. Craighill. Representing a woman in an apron and hat polishing(?) a pot in front of the kitchen fireplace in the Governor's P... |
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Description: | View of two maids in aprons and bonnets hanging laundry out to dry in the yard of the Governor's Palace. The Palace can be seen in the background past tree... |
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Description: | View of a family garden in the company town of Consolidation Coal Company. A woman with a basket stands in the middle of the garden holding up produce. The... |
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Description: | Agricultural workers picking peanuts. Caption reads: "Picking Peanuts In Isle Of Wight, Va." |
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Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John McAllister Schofield. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned as a major in the Miss... |
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Description: | Men shucking oysters while standing in stalls in a building. Caption reads: "Oyster Schucking, Norfolk, VA." |
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Description: | Women sorting peanuts in the Gwaltney and Bunkley Peanut Factory. Caption reads: "Sorting Peanuts, Gwaltney & Bunkley Peanut Factory, Smithfield, WVA." |
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Description: | Elevated view of the exterior of the factory, with men loading full sacks onto wagons pulled by horses. Caption reads: "A Busy Day, Gwaltney & Bunkley Pean... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee. |
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