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Reconstructing the Winchester Pike Railroad, Halltown, Virginia Item Info
- Title:
- Reconstructing the Winchester Pike Railroad, Halltown, Virginia
- Artist:
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
- Date:
- 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Laborers reconstructing the old Winchester VA R.R. for the purpose of supplying the Army this winter // It is now completed to within one mile of Summit Point - several raids have been made on this town lately - by Mobley & some lives lost - see papers // [in ink, different hand?] Halltown Va. // Loudon Heights // Marshy // Halltown.";Verso: No text, but what looks like some children's drawings that have been scribbled out and then erased.
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Railroads--Virginia--Engineering and construction
- Condition:
- Vertical folds; slight loss of paper at corners.
- Place:
- West Virginia--Jefferson--Halltown
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 4.5 x 7 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 39.3139899, -77.7977719
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-1864b (Box 9.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4847
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JT-VA-1864b
- Collection:
- Architecture and Townscapes
- Tags:
- Architecture Horses Mobley
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Reconstructing the Winchester Pike Railroad, Halltown, Virginia", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2707.html