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Lot 67B
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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Jun 21, 2022
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[CIVIL WAR]. COOLEY, Sam A., photographer. A group of 3 stereoviews of Fort Wagner, Folly Island, and Fort Marion.
6 x 2 3/4 in., or smaller, stereoviews on cardstock mounts (toning, occasional spotting; light edge/corner wear to mounts). Two views with Cooley's Tenth Army Corps photographer paper label imprint affixed to the mount versos.
Titles include: Interior Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C. (printed image title affixed to mount verso). -- Camp of the 100th N.Y., Folly Island, S.C. (period pencil inscription to verso). -- Parapet of Fort Marion, formerly Castle St. Marcus, St. Augustine, Fla. (period pencil inscription to verso).
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At the outbreak of the Civil War Samuel Cooley operated a photography studio in Beaufort, SC. When that city was captured by Federal forces during the Battle of Port Royal, Cooley began taking images of the War, becoming the the U.S. Army's official photographer of the X (Tenth) Corps, and later stying himself as, "Official Photographer of the Department of the South. "
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