Original stereoview card of George Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, Va. c.1866 albumen print by the renowned photographer Alexander Gardner. I picked this up on Ebay for $6..! A contemporary of photographer Mathew Brady, Gardner was famous for his photographs of the Civil War, portraits of President Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen.U.S. Grant, Gen. George Custer (among many others), the execution photos of the Lincoln conspirators, images of the American West and Native Americans. He is considered to be one of the most important photographers in American history. This stereoview is one of a series, "The Home of Washington Illustrated", he did for the Mount Vernon Preservation Association as listed on the back of the card.
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Michael klaene
7/8/2014 11:32:49 am
Hi. I am writing about Alexander Gardner and was interested in using the photograph you have of him shown above (http://josephgreco.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/3/2/1732235/7872420_orig.jpg?165)
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Joseph Greco
7/8/2014 12:21:05 pm
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