Postcards of Fredericksburg Area Civil War Scenes

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Fredericksburg Area Museum

1990.021.070 (A) - Front: (A) "After Burnside's Bombardment," Front - This postcard is a landscape-style, glossy black and white photograph of two main structures with two smaller structures in the background. The main building is symmetrical with two projecting porticos on either side of the front facade. A tree branch goes across the top quarter of the postcard. There is a white border around the photo, with the vertical edges being thicker than the horizontal edges.
1990.021.070 (A) - Front

(A) "After Burnside's Bombardment," Front - This postcard is a landscape-style, glossy black and white photograph of two main structures with two smaller structures in the background. The main building is symmetrical with two projecting porticos on either side of the front facade. A tree branch goes across the top quarter of the postcard. There is a white border around the photo, with the vertical edges being thicker than the horizontal edges.

Name/Title

Postcards of Fredericksburg Area Civil War Scenes

Entry/Object ID

1990.021.070 (A-G)

Scope and Content

Fredericksburg area Civil War scenes. (A) 132-4 Caroline St., "After Burnside's Bombardment," Fredericksburg, VA. (B) "Death on Sunken Road" (C) Gen. Winfield Hancock and his staff. (D) Siege gun battery overlooking Fredericksburg (E) Battlefield (now Nat'l Cemetery). (F) "Brompton". (G) "Sunken Road".

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

5.5 x 3.5

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-3/8 in