Ruins of a Philadelphia munitions factory, after a March 29, 1862 explosion, artist's impression

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Ruins of a Philadelphia munitions factory, after a March 29, 1862 explosion, artist's impression

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/20/2011

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 1, 2011.

Depicted ContentMassive explosion at a Philadelphia cartridge factory kills sixteen people and levels the complex

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Ruins of the cartridge factory in Philadelphia after the explosion, March 29 - from a sketch by C. M. Johns

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 19, 1862, p. 369.

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