Harper’s Ferry, from Railroad-Contraband Camp in Foreground

John P. Soule American

Publisher John P. Soule American

1865

Not on view

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Title: Harper’s Ferry, from Railroad-Contraband Camp in Foreground
Artist: John P. Soule (American, 1827–1904)
Publisher: John P. Soule (American, 1827–1904)
Date: 1865
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.3 cm)
Sheet: 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.3 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 in. × 6 3/4 in. (8.2 × 17.1 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2019
Object Number: 2019.540
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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