U. S. S. HARTFORD, 1864
carte de visite
PHOTOGRAPHSMcPherson & Oliver
USA, LA, New Orleans
After October 01, 1864
2.50 x 4.00 x 0
Carte de visite; mounted lengthwise on board; deck scene from frigate HARTFORD, circa 1864, as flagship under Admiral Farragut; probably photographed in New Orleans during Civil War; view of deck, looking forward, wheel at left, two officers conversing near wheel, identified in "Photographic History of Civil War" as lieutenants George Mundy and LaRue P. Adams; starboard battery of 9-inch Dahlgren cannons at right; printed along bottom margin "Entered according to act of Congress, Oct 1, 1864, in the Clerk's office/ of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Louisiana"; revenue stamp affixed to reverse; printed on reverse "PHOTOGRAPHED/ BY/ McPHERSON & OLIVER/ No. 132 Canal St./ New Orleans"; published in Davis and Wiley "Photographic History of the Civil War" Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, 1984, p. 978.
1997.155.1