Culpeper, Virginia / Negativ von T.H. O 'Sullivan. Positiv von A. Gardner.

Photograph showing a post boy, seated at left, and another man in front of a tent used by the Post Office Department at General Headquarters in Brandy Station, Virginia.
Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 48 [49].
Copyright by A. Gardner.

Alternate title from: Title of associated caption text which precedes the photograph in the album, and better describes the image.
See also: LOT 4171.

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.