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Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Apartments to let. Fort Lafayette. [graphic] / J.H.G.
Publisher [New York?,]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1863
Date c1863
Physical Description 2 photographic prints: 1 albumen on carte de visite mount; 1 albumen; 10 x 6 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Satiric carte de visite of a reproduction of a drawing of the New York island fort opposite Fort Hamilton used a a prison during the Civil War. Includes a boat of prisoners being rowed to the facility. The fort, completed circa 1818, was the first Northern location to receive prisoners of war in July 1861. Fort was razed in 1960.
Notes Copyright information partially legible.
5779.F.10c is unmounted carte de visite.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Events, & Places.
Created postfreeze.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Geographic subject Fort Lafayette (N.Y.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Detention facilities -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Satires (Visual works) -- 1860-1870.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadephia| Print Department| cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5779.F.6b & 10c]
Accession number 5779.F.6b
5779.F.10c

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