Two boys prepare to release cocks in space before tents as officers and civilians look on


Description

Title
Two boys prepare to release cocks in space before tents as officers and civilians look on
Creator
T.H. O'Sullivan, photographer
Published / Created
1864 August
Publication Place
Petersburg, (Va.)
Description
Bettman Archive reproduction
In ink, verso: Cockfighting at General Orlando B. Wilcox's head quarters before Petersburg. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan, Aug. 1964
Extent
1 photographic print
17.4 x 22.5 cm.

Collection Information

Call Number
JWJ MSS 54
Collection Title
Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American collection
Collection/Other Creator
Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Collection Date
circa 1728-1991 (bulk 1850-1970)
Collection Note
Series I. Visual Material. Later 19th century photographs.
Container / Volume Information
Box 17 | Folder 807
Finding Aid
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.pubsim

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Group portraits
Photographic prints
Resource Type
Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name)
Willcox, Orlando B
Subject (Topic)
Cockfighting
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Access And Usage Rights

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4465927
OID
2042521

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