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Photograph - Haas & Peale, Morris Island & Hilton Head, SC, 1863
An albumen print photograph titled "No. 9.--Bombproof, for Telegraph Operator in Trenches" depicting a dug-out structure covered with earth, located by a body of water, likely a trench. The photograph was taken by Haas & Peale on Morris Island, South Carolina, and Hilton Head, South Carolina, around 1863, during the American Civil War. The print is mounted on card stock and features a decorative geometric border framing the image. The photographers' names, "Haas & Peale," are signed on the image itself, and printed below the image are "Photod by Haas & Peale Morris Island & Hilton Head, S.C." and the descriptive title.
Associated People/Businesses
- Philip Haas (Photographer)
- Washington Peale (Photographer)
- Haas, Philip (1808-1871)
Geography
No geographic information available.
Subjects
- Photography
- Civil War
- Military
- Morris Island
- Hilton Head
- South Carolina
- Bombproof
- Telegraph
- Trenches
- Albumen Print
- Wet-plate photography
- Union Army
- 1860s
Physical Location
Arc.MS.56, Box 20, Folder 1