Eleven images of monuments, battlefields, and memorial parks of the Civil War, including three copies of etchings, entitled "First Day's Fight," "Second Day's Fight," and "Battle of Gettysburg--3d day"; and a copy of the Alexander Gardner and Timothy O'Sullivan image, "Harvest of Death," titled on the card as "Dead on Culp's Hill"; several with stamps on verso from the Battlefield Museum at Gettysburg.
General:
In photographs division, stereographs sub-series.
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless protected by plastic sleeves.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Civil War, United States -- Stereographs Search this
Monuments and memorials -- Stereographs Search this
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Photographs
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund) The Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the country’s first private museums, was established in 1869 to promote art and American genius. In 2014 the Works from the Corcoran Collection were distributed to institutions in Washington, D.C.