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Bird’s eye view of Confederate prison pen, at Salisbury, N. C. Taken in 1864

Description: Image of an elevated view of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina during the American Civil War showing railroad and several buildings inside the fenced prison complex; numbered key to buildings in lower margin.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1886
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000733
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Andersonville Prison

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Image of an elevated view of the Andersonville prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia, with prisoners clustered in groups around tents in the central image; surrounded by twenty-two vignettes including a portrait of Sergeant Leroy Key, Captain Henri Wirz, scenes of prison life, prisoner escapes, and sick and dying prisoners; vignettes are numbered with key in bottom margin.

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Union prisoners confined in Camp Sumpter, near Andersonviile, GA

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Image of an aerial view of Camp Sumpter Confederate military prison (Andersonville Prison) located near Andersonville, Georgia, during the American Civil War; densely packed tents and soldiers surrounded by stockade walls and barricades manned by artillery; sites on map numbered 1-18 with key printed in bottom margin.

priJLC_MIL_003320

Bird's-eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

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Image of an aerial view of the World's Columbian Exposition buildings in Chicago, Illinois, along the lakeshore; names of the buildings and exhibits are listed in the bottom margin, with a key to find each location on the map; steamships and sailboats visible on the lake.

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Panoramic view of Milwaukee Wis. taken from city hall tower

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Image of an elevated panoramic view of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as viewed from the tower of City Hall; Lake Michigan visible in background; key identifying dozens of buildings, streets, bridges, and landmarks in bottom margin.

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Bird’s-eye view of Andersonville Prison from the south-east

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Image of an aerial view of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia; soldiers visible among densely packed tents surrounded by stockade walls and barricades guarded by gun towers and cannons.

priJLC_MIL_000840

Birds eye view of New York & Brooklyn

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Image of an aerial view of New York City and Brooklyn, New York, where the Hudson River and the East River meet the bay; boats and ships sail in the harbor; key in bottom margin to twelve locations pictured, including Blackwell's Island, Williamsburg, Governor's Island, and Fort Columbus.

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Bird’s eye view of Confederate prison pen, at Salisbury, N. C. Taken in 1864

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