Albumen photograph of the exterior of Rice & Hayward Manufacturers of Crackers & Biscuits.

by Rice, Hayward

$650 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Providence, Rhode Island, ca. 1865 . Albumen print, image size 14.25” x 9.75”, mount size 17.75” x 15”, with hand-coloring to American flag. CONDITION: Very good, strong tonality, a few short tears along the margins, a few abrasions at lower-left corner, light wear. A photograph of the premises of an important supplier of hardtack to the Union Army during the Civil War, which for a time was the

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