U.S. Military Railroad Wood Yard

Artist Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Date1863

MediumSalt print

DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (18.1 x 24.45 cm)
Mount: 9 x 12 inches (22.86 x 30.48 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2007.17.30

InscribedInk inscription on board, below image: "U.S. Military Rail Roads / Wood Yard / Alexandria, VA., April 1863."

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DescriptionDramatic image of a group of black men and their white supervisors, posed with a steam-powered log splitter, with huge piles of cord wood. Original mountExhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 9. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 20, 2010 – March 13, 2011, no cat.

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