Unknown Arrival of Ohio Troops at Balti
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0016 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: 1861 or 1862 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 17.5 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy
A print of a photograph taken of a various trains arriving at a yard. Likely Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD, as the masts of ships in the harbor can be seen in the background. The trains are mostly enclosed boxcars, though a passenger car can be seen at the center of the right side and another in the center below the top of the photograph. Written on the back is "arrival of Ohio troops at Balti" [it may also say Balto, it is ambiguous].
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