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Visual materials from the O.M. Poe papers
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States--West United States Panama--Panama, Isthmus France Southwestern States |
| Description | Includes 400 stereographs and over 200 photographic prints relating to Poe's military and government careers, personal life, and interests (filed in LOT). Subjects include Civil War battle sights as depicted in panoramas, mammoth plate prints, and stereographs by George N. Barnard and views of the siege of Charleston, S.C., by Haas and Peale; landscape photographs from government surveys of the Western and Southwestern United States and Panama, including Yellowstone and Yosemite; lighthouses; sights in Europe and the Middle East; portraits of Poe and his family. The collection also includes some non-photographic materials, including two issues of the periodical Bulletin of the American Art-Union (May and June, 1851); over 30 illustrations from a publication entitled Victoires, conquêtes, désastres, revers et guerres civiles des Français (published 1817-1822); architectural and engineering drawings executed by Poe while he was a student at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (filed in ADE-UNIT); an engraving of Ulysses S. Grant by John C. Buttre (filed in PGA); one printing plate with an engraved portrait of Poe (filed in Supplementary Archives). |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Guide Records Civil War |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Expeditions & surveys--West (U.S.)--1860-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lighthouses--United States--1860-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.)--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Campaigns & battles--France--1800-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Poe, O. M.--(Orlando Metcalfe),--1832-1895. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Expeditions & surveys--Panama--Panama, Isthmus--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Expeditions & surveys--Southwestern States--1860-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | National parks & reserves--United States--1860-1880. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
