East face of Fort Sumter from top of palmetto fortifications, Charleston Harbor

East face of Fort Sumter from top of palmetto fortifications, Charleston Harbor

Photograph

George S. Cook

Maker
American, 1819–1902

East face of Fort Sumter from top of palmetto fortifications, Charleston Harbor

ca. 1861
Albumen silver print
Image (each): 2 15/16 × 2 13/16 in. (7.5 × 7.2 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (8.2 × 17.1 cm)
Museum accession
1981.6773.0001
Inscriptions inscribed in black ink on mount verso, RC: East face of Fort-Sumter \ from top of palmetto fortifi \ cations / Charleston Harbor \ No 629 [sideways]

[tax stamp affixed to mount verso, RC]
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