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Pontoon wharf, Belle Plain.
1864
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 56/GC131/Box 13/Small/19th c./U.S. History/Civil War GA 2010.00263
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1864.
- People
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- Author
- Gardner, James, born 1832
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- United States—History—Civil War, 18611865—Bridges—In art
- Virginia—History—Civil War, 18611865—In art
- Wharves—Virginia—In art
- Bridges—Virginia—In art
- United States. Army—History—Civil War, 18611865—In art
- Ships—Virginia—In art
- James River (Va.)—In art
- Soldiers—United States—19th century—In art
- United States—History, Military—19th century—In art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Pontoon wharf, Belle Plain.
- Call Number
- D North 56/GC131/Box 13/Small/19th c./U.S. History/Civil War GA 2010.00263
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc1z40m630c
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1864.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1864
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 8.7 x 10.2 cm. sheet 25.4 x 30.4 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Augustin J. Powers [through Charles Powers, Princeton University Class of 1938].
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Albumen prints, Half stereographs, card mount
- Depiction: Historical scene. View of three pontoon bridges; the two bridges in the background are connected, forming a wharf; soldiers line the "wharf" and a small ship is docked at the end of the wharf.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- United States—History—Civil War, 18611865—Bridges—In art
- Virginia—History—Civil War, 18611865—In art
- Wharves—Virginia—In art
- Bridges—Virginia—In art
- United States. Army—History—Civil War, 18611865—In art
- Ships—Virginia—In art
- James River (Va.)—In art
- Soldiers—United States—19th century—In art
- United States—History, Military—19th century—In art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8a0fc524-961e-4a14-ab29-e9cc0e7fba33/manifest