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Point Lookout Sports. Seven-Up.

Point Lookout Sports. Seven-Up.

Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 x 6 3/8 in. Five prisoners sit around a table playing cards and betting. Another prisoner approaches one of the men and asks to be included. Ships are seen in the background. Standing prisoner: 'Mr. Can I come in the game.' First prisoner: 'That's low, that's out.' Second prisoner: 'No you can't come in this game, I believe your the cause of my bad luck.' Third prisoner: 'I think high goes out before low.' Fifth prisoner: 'Who in the devil could play such hands as I get.'
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The Levee at New Orleans, Louisiana, on the Afternoon of April 29th with the Union Party Landing to Demand the Surrender of the City.

The Levee at New Orleans, Louisiana, on the Afternoon of April 29th with the Union Party Landing to Demand the Surrender of the City.

Drawing: Graphite, white gouache, and black ink wash on grayish brown paper; graphite. 13 x 8. View of city from the water. Ships including 'Cayuga' are in the foreground. Church spires rise in the background and are labeled by the artist. Inscribed at lower-left in graphite: 'The Levee at New Orleans on the afternoon / of the 29 of April with Capt Bailey & the party from / the 'Cayuga' landing to demand the surrender of / the city.' On the verso, a sketch of two figures are likely of Captain Bailey and his Midshipman entering New Orleans. Also on the verso are various inscriptions.
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A Scene of Hilton Head, S.C. during the gale of March 24-31, 1863 (recto).

A Scene of Hilton Head, S.C. during the gale of March 24-31, 1863 (recto).

Drawing: Graphite on paper. 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Officers on horseback oversee soldiers dragging rowboats up the beach from the water, large masted ships are docked offshore in the distance. Artist's note at the upper-left and lower-right corners refer to unfinished elements of the sketch. Clockwise from upper-left: 'Dull cloudy sky,' 'surf,' 'Heavy Surf,' 'Sand Beach,' 'Beach,' 'soldiers all with overcoats.'
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Escape of Private O'Haver to the USS Monticello from a Rebel Ship after Killing the Captain and drowning his comrade, in Cape Hatteras Inlet near Chicamacomico, North Carolina (recto).

Escape of Private O'Haver to the USS Monticello from a Rebel Ship after Killing the Captain and drowning his comrade, in Cape Hatteras Inlet near Chicamacomico, North Carolina (recto).

Drawing: Graphite on paper. 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. Soldiers on a beach shoot at two figures in the ocean; one soldier runs toward, another has fallen on the sand. A ship is docked offshore. Various annotations describe the scene.
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George P. Hall & Son photograph collection, circa 1876-1914

The George P. Hall & Son collection consists of 1,649 photographic prints and negatives. The large-format views provide clear, extremely detailed and flattering depictions of a variety of subjects, including Manhattan's early skyscrapers, hotels and theater exteriors, harbor activity, and downtown streets, as well as Brooklyn business areas and resorts. George P. Hall & Son photographed the Battery skyline repeatedly from the 1880s through the 1910s, documenting the dramatic changes that occurred as New York progressed from a lowrise to a highrise city. George P.

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Robert L. Bracklow photograph collection, 1882-1918 (bulk 1896-1905)

Robert Louis Bracklow (1849-1919) was an amateur photographer and stationer. He was an active member of the Society of Amateur Photographers of New York (later the Camera Club), where he exhibited photographs with fellow amateur Richard H. Lawrence and with Alfred Stieglitz. This digital collection includes 2,084 glass plate negatives from the New-York Historical Society's Robert L. Bracklow Photograph Collection, which contains images of New York City, its immediate environs, and towns throughout New England from 1882 to 1918.

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