Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James

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Creator / Contributor: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Title: Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: ca.1861-ca.1865
Series: Photographic history. The war for the Union. War views.
Description: Stereograph: Doctor embalming dead soldier.
Notes: Brady receives credit for the stereograph from the information published in the book, Anthony: An American Photographic Pioneer by William and Estelle Morder.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ad04001
1817
Subject: United States. Army of the James--Photographs
Embalming--Photographs
Physicians--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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