Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Bird’s Eye View—Gathering Roots to Boil Coffee. Thirty-three Thousand Prisoners in Bastile
A. J. Riddle American
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Title: Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Bird’s Eye View—Gathering Roots to Boil Coffee. Thirty-three Thousand Prisoners in Bastile
Artist:
A. J. Riddle (American, 1828–1897)
Date: August 17, 1864
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions:
Image: 3 3/16 × 4 3/4 in. (8.1 × 12.1 cm)
Mount: 6 15/16 in. × 8 15/16 in. (17.6 × 22.7 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2022
Accession Number: 2022.505
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