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Medical Supply Boat, Appomattox Landing, Virginia
John Reekie, Alexander GardnerJanuary 1865
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of several boats, including the steamboat "Planter" carrying medical supplies, docked along the Appomattox River. Two piers extend out from the riverbank, one permanent and one temporary supported by pontoons. A man stands on the riverbank in the foreground facing the camera, as several men sit along the docks and the boats with their legs hanging over the sides.
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Details
- Title: Medical Supply Boat, Appomattox Landing, Virginia
- Creator: John Reekie, Alexander Gardner
- Date Created: January 1865
- Location Created: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Physical Dimensions: 17.5 × 22.9 cm (6 7/8 × 9 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.944.2.2.22
- Culture: American
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: John Reekie (American, active 1860s) Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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