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Consolidated Gunshot Fracture of the Middle Third of the Left Femur
Creator
William H. BellAmerican Photographer · 1830–1910
All works by this person →William H. Bell's photographic career was long and varied. In 1848 he entered into a partnership with his brother-in-law in Philadelphia; the pair operated a daguerreian studio for two years, until Bell branched out on his own, at times collaborating with other operators. A veteran of the Mexican War, Bell joined the Union Army and, after fighting in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg during t
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- October 1865
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 38b750b9-326e-442a-b5ab-51827c5f8c52
Portrait of Private Thomas Miller standing in front of a wooden stool. He rests his left hand on the top of the stool and a wooden crutch rests against the wall behind him. He is nude from the waist down and two small round scars are visible on his left thigh.
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