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A sutler's store, Harper's Ferry, Virginia [soldiers of Gen. Geary's Div. making purchases] – Vintage Wall Art

A sutler's store, Harper's Ferry, Virginia [soldiers of Gen. Geary's Div. making purchases], 1862 — antique engraving
A sutler's store, Harper's Ferry, Virginia [soldiers of Gen. Geary's Div. making purchases], 1862. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive 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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A wood engraving of a sutler's store at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, shows soldiers of Gen. Geary's division crowding in to make purchases, a scene that captures the everyday commerce of the Civil War camps. Sutlers were licensed civilian merchants who followed the army and sold goods that soldiers could not get from the government, from tobacco and writing paper to food and small luxuries. The picture appeared on the front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in late November 1862, when the Union army held Harper's Ferry and its surrounding camps.

Created / published1862
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 13 or 14 (1862 Nov. 29), p. 145, (front page). Caption card tracings: C.W.--Units--Geary's Div.; C.W.--Camp scenes; C.W.--Sutlers; Stores and Businesses; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan995 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157066

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