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Petersburg and City Point Railroad (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Blacks at work with white supervisors.
- Title:
- Petersburg and City Point Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 2, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Sept 2 // Scene on the City Point Railroad // Landing supplies for Grant's Army // Near Petersburg // [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 United States--Army--Supplies and stores Railroad trains--Virginia
- Condition:
- Strong central vertical fold, and uneven fold across top margin; ripping along left side and upper margins; stains; hole in lower right.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg Virginia--Prince George county--City Point
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.75 x 6.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/2/64c (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4568
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/2/64c
- Collection:
- African-Americans
- Tags:
- Covered wagon
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Petersburg and City Point Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2653.html