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01/22/1868 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859
Letter headed Brenham, Txs [Texas] Jany 22, 1868 to Eliza Breckinridge from her cousin Jefferson Bassett telling of some of the events around Christmas time, hanging stockings, shooting fire crackers, eating big meals, compares his endless work to "the old blue horse in Guggenheim's tan yard at Fincastle" always going the same eternal round of work, and no nearer my journeys end." Tells of the arrival of a niece and cousin and mentions the "chron...
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05/15/1919 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859
Envelope addressed to Miss Wm. J. Robertson, 2900 Pertannia St. New Orleans, Louisiana, U. S. A. and has been forwarded to 338 Freemason, Norfolk, Va. Stamp has been removed and most of the postmark on the front of the envelope. The return address is S. S. [Steam Ship] Vasari. On the rear of the envelope is a post mark dated Jun 19, 1919, New Orleans, LA.
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11/08/1874 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859
Letter headed Branham, Texas, November 8, 1874 from Jeff Bassett to his sister in law Emma Breckinridge replying to a long letter she recently sent, thanking her for all the family news, mentions the local fair that was held in October and some of the problems the visitors had finding proper facilities, that his brother Ben is moving to Galveston where he has good business prospects, that he is also going to be a [corporate] director of a new rai...
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1939
A 17" x 11" sheet of paper with the composite of "Link's Publicity Pictures". 20 images. Note attached in OWL's handwriting "Haskell – This came out of a fraternity mag published in 1939. My work from 1937-1938. Pig in bulletproof vest is special. (S) is my first wife in New Orleans in 1937."
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1939
A 17" x 11" sheet of paper with the composite of "Link's Publicity Pictures". 20 images. Note attached in OWL's handwriting "Haskell – This came out of a fraternity mag published in 1939. My work from 1937-1938. Pig in bulletproof vest is special. (S) is my first wife in New Orleans in 1937." A duplicate of Object ID 2009.06.137.
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Flowers for Dead Heroes by Rev. William H. Platt - June 10, 1894
The twenty-eighth observance of Memorial Day is the basis of this newspaper article. The paper is badly damaged and split at the folds where it was folded and stored. The first part of the article pertains to the ceremony itself and is followed by the oration of the Reverend Platt. Petersburg was attacked thirty years ago by the Union cavalry of General Kautz, held at bay by 125 citizen soldiers under the command of Colonel Archer until reinfo...
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letter - 1861 9/22/1859
Letter headed Camp of Instruction, Richmond, Aug. 16th 1861 from Gilmer Breckinridge to his wife Julia telling of life in camp as the men train for war, of walking to town [Richmond] to see the sights including the Capitol, Rockets, and the [Union] prisoners, of marching his company to the Capitol Square to be mustered in, several of the under age 18 men could not be sworn until approved by the governor, which Gilmer successfully arranged, of rec...
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Letter - August 14, 1842
Letter headed "Leigh August 14th 1842" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter Lucy Gilmer at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt, tells much family news, weather damage to crops, a lot of rain and many hail storms, of visitors from Louisiana, death of Peter and Lucy Minor's young child, plans for William Gilmer's trip to Botetourt with Peachy Gilmer and James Breckinridge, problems with the servants (slaves) not wanting to work, tells of Isabella (Harmer...
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Letter - June 1, 1809
Letter dated June 1, 1809 from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, to General Preston at Mr. Mumford's, concerning repayment of a loan to Preston. Randolph also had a loan at the bank he was trying to get renewed and asked for Preston's assistance.
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Postcard of a Magnolia Flower - September 7, 1971
Postcard from O. Winston Link to Marie Dudra. Postcard is of a white magnolia blossom, the Louisiana state flower. Eisenhower stamp in the upper right corner, with a September 7, 1971, postmark on the front of the postcard. Link has written in blue ink the following message: Hey snowball - I'm still here - almost a month now - hope to finish today & will give y ou a ring to get answers to my letters - PRONTO! OWL
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Postcard of Bourbon Street - April 21, 1971
Postcard from O. Winston Link to Marie Dudra. Postcard has a Bourbon Street scene on the front, with The Viewux Carre Restaurant in the left foreground, Shobar and Hotsy Totsy prominently at the center foreground. People mill around the street, but it is mostly empty. The postcard was postmarked on April 21, 1971 from New Orleans, with a Douglas McArthur stamp, as well as a National [illegible] Asthma Attack May 1-7 stamp. On the reverse, Lin...
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Southern Provinces of the United States - 1817-1821
No. 57 hand colored engraved map pulled from a folio showing the Southern United States, including a portion of the Louisiana territory past the Mississippi River, as well as East and West Florida. West Florida would have been part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, while East Florida was acquired in 1819. The engraver, John Thomson, created this map in 1817, with an updated version in 1821, which is this map. The 1817 version does not feature...
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Spanish Moss - Digital inkjet print of OWL2008.03.26, taken from O. Winston Link's original negative. Landscape of a tree covered in Spanish moss at the left of the image, in the immediate foreground. A car sits on a road running through the center of the image.
2019.29.26
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Well trained: A photographic 'Link' to locomotives of yore - December 3, 1993
Article in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) published while a collection of O. Winston Link photographs were on exhibit at A Gallery for Fine Photography in New Orleans, Louisiana. The article chronicles Mr. Links training as an engineer, his work as a commercial photographer, and his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1950's.
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Well trained: A photographic 'Link' to locomotives of yore - December 3, 1993
Article in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) published while a collection of O. Winston Link photographs were on exhibit at A Gallery for Fine Photography in New Orleans, Louisiana. The article chronicles Mr. Links training as an engineer, his work as a commercial photographer, and his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1950's.
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