Photographs. Monuments at Gettysburg photCL 304
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
March 2021
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library Photo Archives
Title: Photographs. Monuments at Gettysburg
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 304
Physical Description:
1 Volume
(41 photographs)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1883-1890
Abstract: Photographs of monuments on Gettysburg
Battlefield, taken approximately 1883-1890.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Gertrude M. Nicholson, through the agency of Robert O. Schad, September
1922.
This album was received as part of the Nicholson collection of papers, manuscripts and
books related to the Civil War.
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).
Processed by Huntington Library staff circa mid-20th century. In 2021, Suzanne Oatey
created a finding aid.
Title from binding. Dates estimated based on years of activity of photographers J. L. Rile
& Co. and W. H. Tipton.
Former call number: 120790
John Page Nicholson papers and Civil War collection, mssNI 1-990. Additional volumes of
photographs from the Nicholson collection: photCL 302, photCL 303, photCL 305, photCL 306,
photCL 307, photCL 308, photCL 309.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gettysburg National Military Park
(Pa.)
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 -- Monuments
War memorials
Monuments
Photographs
Photograph albums
Tipton, William
H., 1850-1929