Commissary Warehouse

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Commissary Warehouse

Description

Sepia photographic print of a tall tree in center; wagon with uncovered ribs pulled by 4 mules is located near the tree, a man is astride the left rear mule; rows of stacked barrels in foreground; on a wooden platform behind the barrels are stacks of boxes covered by canvas; there is a one-story building behind the tree; low bushes visible in right corner; right edge near center are 4 more mules but cannot see what they are hitched to. One of 5 similar prints, one of which (86.1.11) is marked in pencil: "Photographed by Abraham Peaslee/son of William Jenkins Peaslee". Pencil inscription on back identifies this photo as the "Commissary Warehouse at Stevenson, Ala"

Collection

Attributed to H. C. Morrison

Acquisition

Accession

1986.001

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Abraham Peaslee

Place

Location

Stevenson, Alabama

Notes

Date: 1861 - 1865

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

August 30, 2001

Update Date

April 3, 2024