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Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Signal Station on Elk Mtn Antietam

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0259 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Place Written: Antietam, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: September 1862 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 16.3 x 21.4 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of some ment standing on top of a signal tower on Elk Mountain. The tower is approximately two meters tall and built of stacked wooden logs. Print is an oval shape.Title from inscription on verso. Published in Gardner's "Photo Sketchbook of the Civil War."

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