March 1864
GUSN-202363
View of troops stationed at Fort Warren, Boston, and ordnance. Troops are standing at attention. A small marching band is in front of the garrison.
flags
flagpoles
forts
albumen prints
photographs
Recto of mount: THE GARRISON AT FORT WARREN, MARCH, 1864 [printed with photographers name and address:] Black, Photographer, 163 & 173 WASHINGTON STREET [in pencil:] Boston Harbor; Verso of mount: to be sent to Mrs. Anna Thomas Springfield, Mass. [stamped:] PEABODY MUSEUM OF SALEM [in pencil, in a different hand:] Boston Harbor {in a different hand:] (First Batallion Mass Heavy Art'y Maj. Stephen Cabot Commander) {The Garrison at Fort Warren March 1864 Gift of the Peabody Museum of Salem 7 Aug. 1928 8x10 neg. of this made #4122-B}
OVP Photo Database Number 151
OVP Number OVP0133
Negative Number 4122-B
1 photographic print.
PC001
General photographic collection
7 August 1928
PC001.01.TMP.133
11.25 x 16.25 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of the Peabody Museum, Salem.
Black Photo (Photographer)
albumen prints
photographs
American symbols
Fortification
Garrisons
Marching bands
Men
Military uniforms
Ordnance
Soldiers
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Harbor
Top left corner of mount creased; ink on recto (from hand-coloring); recto of mount smudged.
Item
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