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Gettysburg and Vicinity

Description: Land of the Battlefield Association is tinted pink. Land of General Crawford is tinted blue. "Showing the position of the troops July 3, 1863 (third day's fight) and the land purchased and dedicated to the public by General S. Wylie Crawford and the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association." "Thos. Hunter, Lith, Phila." Prime meridian: Gm. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: March 1883
Call number: 194219
Creator: Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 41 x 30 cm folded to 23 x 14 cm
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Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association : Announcement

Rare Books

97742

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Dedication of the "High Water Mark" Monument at Gettysburg ... June 2d, 1892 : [A collection of folded circulars ... etc. concerning the dedication]

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97729

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Photographs. Monuments at Gettysburg

Visual Materials

An album of photographs of monuments on Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania. The photographs date from approximately 1883 to 1890 and most have the imprint of photographers J. L. Rile & Co. or W. H. Tipton. The majority are detail views of the stone monuments, with a few showing surroundings. Six of the mounted photographs were removed from the album and are housed in a separate box (Box 2).

photCL 304

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Ellison Lassell Crawford correspondence

Manuscripts

Crawford wrote these letters to his father James B. Crawford. In the letters Ellison Crawford describes his life in California. He includes descriptions of Sacramento, San Francisco as well as the mining camps Willow Creek, Spanish Diggings, and Spanish Bar. Crawford also talks about mining and the difficulties in finding gold, trying to attend church regularly, bad weather, selling supplies to his fellow miners, the Chinese mining near him, vigilance committee activity, murders, and crime in general.

mssHM 68084-68105

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Gettysburg National Park Commission. Photographs illustrating the work of the commission

Visual Materials

Ten volumes of photographs illustrating the development of Gettysburg National Military Park over the years 1893 to 1916. Photographs show work done under the direction of the federally-appointed Gettysburg National Park Commission, chaired by Colonel John P. Nicholson. Scenes include repairing of roads, stone walls, and fences; construction of new roads; general views of landscape features and terrain; and monuments and markers placed at significant battle locations. In some volumes, the images have handwritten captions. The albumen prints are approximately 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, mounted on board, and some later images have the imprint of photographer W. H. Tipton.

photCL 302

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Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg by Paul Philippoteaux : permanently located in Boston, Mass. on the Moody and Sankey Tabernacle Site, Tremont Street ... C.L. Willoughby, Sole Proprietor

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Discusses the history and exhibit of the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg located in Boston, Mass. as well as details the events of Gettysburg on July 3d, 1863 including registers of troops involved in that day's battle

294021

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