Cart-de-visite of Libby Prison
name: label: user
content: Nicholson, James B.
notes: label: Description
content: This carte-de-visite captures Libby Prison, a Confederate-controlled prison in Richmond, Virginia. Living conditions inside places like Libby Prison were tolerable under an agreement made in July 1862, which stated that prisoners were detained briefly before they were exchanged back to their side. However, the deal fell apart by 1863. Conditions for Union officers held in Libby Prison grew worse as the war went on.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Prisoners of War
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0247.24
label: accession number
content: 2006.0247
label: collector/donor number
content: 439.22Z
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0247.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carte-de-visite
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: albumen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm