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Pontoon Boat, Brandy Station, Virginia

Date: February 1864
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of a wooden pontoon boat used by the Union Army in the construction of temporary, floating bridges. The pontoon sits on a wooden cart in a clearing at an encampment. A log cabin with a pitched tent covering and wooden fencing are visible in the background, along with additional wooden carriages.

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