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Arlington, home of Robert E. Lee, from the "Great Oak" on the Potomac

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Title: Arlington, home of Robert E. Lee, from the "Great Oak" on the Potomac
Creator: Russell, Andrew J., photographer
Contributor: Clough, J. B. (Joel Barber), 1823-1881. (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1863
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: View of the grounds of the Arlington House in Arlington, Virginia, with a large oak (the Great Oak) which stands at the left-hand side of frame. There are four men in the photo; one lays in the right foreground, one is leaning against the oak and two soldiers rest in the background, middle of frame. The Arlington House can be seen in the distance. Title on mount: Arlington.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photographic print : albumen ; image 23 x 32.5 cm, mount 28 x 36 cm.
Identifier: photCL 301 (51)
396514
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/308
Subject: Lee, Robert E.--(Robert Edward),--1807-1870--Homes & haunts
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Albumen prints--1860-1870. (gmgpc)
Source: Joel B. Clough Collection of United States Military Railroad Photographs by Andrew J. Russell.
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Gift of Frank Clough, Capt. Clough's grandson, July 25, 1975.

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