Blacksmith's shop, Quartermaster's department, Washington, D.C., April, 1865

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0176-View header record
Type
Images
Date
April 1865
Title
Blacksmith's shop, Quartermaster's department, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 albumen print Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 17.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A print of a photograph showing a large group of workers and mechanics, some wearing leather aprons and many holding tools, posed in front of a large building. Washington became a major center for army services during the war. Numerous government repair shops [some massive in size] employing hundreds of skilled and unskilled workers were established to keep the armies running. Graphite inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" "864" "XXIX" "F. H. Meserve Collection." Published in CWTI's "Photographic History of the Civil War," 2 : 897.

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