Alexander Gardner
Pontoon Bridge across the Potomac

ArtistAmerican, born Scotland, 1821–1882
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pontoon Bridge across the Potomac
Date1862
PlaceUnited States
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 9 in. (16.8 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 in. (16.8 × 22.9 cm)
Mount (mount): 13 × 17 13/16in. (33 × 45.2cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Object number97.628
Non exposé

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Pontoon Bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin
Alexander Gardner
November 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.1.25
James Gardner
June 1864
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.2.19
Bridge Construction
Letzter and Co. Photographers, Szeged
c. 1880s
Albumen silver print from glass negative
97.629
Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run
Barnard & Gibson
1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
97.627
Group of Guides for the Army of the Potomac
Alexander Gardner
October 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
95.279
Burnside Bridge, across Antietam Creek, Maryland
Alexander Gardner
September 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.1.20
Scouts and guides to the Army of the Potomac
Alexander Gardner
October 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.1.28
James Valentine
c. 1875
Albumen silver print
93.381
Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
May 1863
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.1.32
Antietam Bridge, Maryland
Alexander Gardner
September 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.1.19
Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac at Harper's Ferry
James Gardner
July 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.1.26