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TITLE:  [Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

CALL NUMBER:  LC-B815- 1159[P&P]
  LOT 4167-A (corresponding print). Check for an online group record (may link to related items)

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-cwpb-00673 (digital file from original neg.)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-17806 (digital file of detail of right side of neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication. Examination of the image in 2007 by members of the Center for Civil War Photography indicates that Lincoln may be visible in the crowd when viewed through magnification. For additional information, see http://www.civilwarphotography.org/lincolngettysburg.html

MEDIUM:  1 negative : glass, stereograph, wet collodion.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1863 Nov. 19.

CREATOR:

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer.

NOTES:

Title from Gettysburg: A Journey in Time, by William A. Frassanito. New York: Scribner, 1975, pl. II-17.

Attribution to Gardner from: Early Photography at Gettysburg, by William A. Frassanito. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1995, p. 160-3.

Caption on negative sleeve: Dedication of Monument at Gettysburg.

Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-A.

Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).

SUBJECTS:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

FORMAT:

Glass negatives 1860-1870.
Stereographs 1860-1870.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original neg.) cwpb 00673 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00673
(digital file of detail of right side of neg.) ppmsca 17806 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.17806

CONTROL #:  cwp2003005754/PP



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