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[M.A. Hardin, full lgth., seated, facing left, in prison at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass.] – Vintage Wall Art

[M.A. Hardin, full lgth., seated, facing left, in prison at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass.], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[M.A. Hardin, full lgth., seated, facing left, in prison at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass.], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Boston 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 historic photograph of [M.A. Hardin, full lgth., seated, facing left, in prison at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[M.A. Hardin, full lgth., seated, facing left, in prison at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass.]

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The caption identifies this full-length portrait as M.A. Hardin, seated and turned to the left, with the setting given as the prison at Fort Warren on Georges Island in Boston Harbor. During the Civil War the granite fort held Confederate prisoners, including naval officers and blockade runners captured at sea, so the location places the sitter among them. The card gives no date, and its details are recorded but not verified, so the identity and timing rest on the notes. The picture was later reproduced in a book on Confederate cruisers and blockade runners, which shows how closely the prison was tied to the naval war.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesIllus. in: E. Willis Papers, Confederate Cruisers and Blockade Runners. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan779 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139612

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