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Lot #478
Civil War: Monitor

Scratch and dent: Nineteenth-century stereo card displaying damage to the Monitor’s famous revolving turret

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Scratch and dent: Nineteenth-century stereo card displaying damage to the Monitor’s famous revolving turret

Stereo view captioned “The ‘Monitor,’ showing very plainly the dents in her turret where the Rebel shot struck her,” from the “War for the Union” series published by John C. Taylor, Hartford. Taylor, a Civil War veteran, published hundreds of stereo views printed from the original negatives by Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and other notable photographers of the era. In fine condition, with a touch of mild soiling. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #308 - Ended April 19, 2006