Munn & Faul U.S. Quartermasters Wharf barge in Cairo, Ill. with Mississippi fleet in the distance

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0249-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Author/Creator
Munn & Faul
Title
U.S. Quartermasters Wharf barge in Cairo, Ill. with Mississippi fleet in the distance
Place Written
Cairo, Illinois
Pagination
1 albumen print Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A print of a photograph of a wharf at Cairo, IL. The wharf belongs to the U.S. Quartermaster. A riverine fleet can be seen in the background. Title from graphite inscription on recto. Ink inscription on recto "R-684." Graphite inscription on verso: "Mississippi Fleet lying off Cairo to be sold at Mound City 17th Aug. Munn & Faul Photographers Cairo, Ills." Someone has inscribed "Wand" on the recto."

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