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The pontoon bridge at Cincinnati / sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Reg't, O. V. ; Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cin. O. – Antique Print

The pontoon bridge at Cincinnati / sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Reg't, O. V. ; Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cin. O., Cin[cinnati] O[hio] : Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith., [between 1861 and 1865?] — antique lithograph
The pontoon bridge at Cincinnati / sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Reg't, O. V. ; Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cin. O., Cin[cinnati] O[hio] : Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith., [between 1861 and 1865?]. Antique lithograph from the Civil War collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The pontoon bridge at Cincinnati / sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Reg't, O. V. ; Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cin. O.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The pontoon bridge at Cincinnati / sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Reg't, O. V. ; Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cin. O.

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The bridge in this view spans the Ohio River at Cincinnati, where a line of floating pontoons carried troops, wagons and supplies between the Ohio shore and Kentucky during the Civil War. The image was sketched by A.E. Mathews of the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, so it reflects a soldier's firsthand look at the river crossing, and it was printed as a lithograph by Middleton, Strobridge & Co. of Cincinnati. Its date is uncertain and is given in the record only as sometime between 1861 and 1865. Such prints were popular with readers who wanted to see the war's logistics, not just its battlefields.

Created / publishedCin[cinnati] O[hio] : Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith., [between 1861 and 1865?]
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1860-1870.
NotesTitle from item.
SubjectsPontoon bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati--1860-1870. Waterfronts--Ohio--Cincinnati--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,124 × 1,714 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215883

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