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Incidents of the War. High Bridge, Crossing the Appomattox, Near Farmville, on South Side Railroad, Va. 1865. [Plate No. 98]

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Title	Incidents of the War. High Bridge, Crossing the Appomattox, Near Farmville, on South Side Railroad, Va. 1865. [Plate No. 98]
Creator	O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Date	1865
Date (EDTF)	1865
Decade	1860-1869
Part Of	Plates from Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war and incidents of the war series
Series	Volume 2. Incidents of the War.
Call Number	Ag2006.0012x
Upload File Name	ag2006_0012x_098_high_bridge_plate_sm_opt.jpg
Rights	Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.

Title	Incidents of the War. High Bridge, Crossing the Appomattox, Near Farmville, on South Side Railroad, Va. 1865. [Plate No. 98]
Creator	O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Contributors	Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Philp & Solomons
Date	1865
Decade	1860-1869
Part Of	Plates from Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war
Series	Volume 2. Incidents of the War.
Place	Virginia
Description	This photograph [plate No. 98] is one of the plates included in Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, created by Alexander Gardner, of which there are two editions. Plates in the earlier edition, featured here, are unnumbered, and the caption 'Incidents of the War' is printed on the mounts. Plates in the later edition are numbered, and the 'Incidents of the War' caption is omitted. The two-volume Sketch Book includes one hundred mounted albumen photographs that document operations of the Army of the Potomac, and each photograph is accompanied by a page of descriptive letterpress.
Notes	Recto: [imprinted] Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Positive by A. Gardner, 511 7th St., Washington. Incidents of the War. High Bridge, Crossing the Appomattox, Near Farmville, on South Side Railroad, Va. 1865. Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington.
Keywords	Civil War; railroad bridges; High Bridge; South Side Railway; transportation; reconstruction; Appomattox County
Physical Description	1 photographic print: albumen; 17.5 x 22.5 cm on 31 x 40 cm mount
Form/Genre	Photographs Photographic prints Albumen prints Book illustrations
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2010
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: 600 ppi
Digitization Process	Digitization process: scanned as 600 ppi 16-bit .tif, derivative saved as 600 ppi 8-bit .jpg, and resized to 3000 pixels wide
Call Number	Ag2006.0012x
Upload File Name	ag2006_0012x_098_high_bridge_plate_sm_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag2006_0012x_098_high_bridge_plate.tif; ag2006_0012x_098_high_bridge_plate_sm.tif
Digital Collection	Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.

Incidents of the War. High Bridge, Crossing the Appomattox, Near Farmville, on South Side Railroad, Va. 1865. [Plate No. 98]

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