Photograph of Christ Church in Alexandria, VirginiaWLU.Coll.PP.0035Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and ArchivesThis finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-26 07:03:57 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Photograph of Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia WLU.Coll.PP.0035 /repositories/5/resources/728 1 Item 1864-1871 English Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a full plate mounted albumen photograph of Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The photograph was inscribed to Benson J. Lossing by General William Reading Montgomery between 1864 and 1871. The handwritten inscription mentions history of Christ Church, including George Washington's pew being intact. A second inscription reads 'Photograph By Hartman Marshall House Alexandria, Va.'

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Albumen Photograph of Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, WLU Coll. PP 0035, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Church buildings Photographs Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John) Montgomery, William Reading Christ Church (Alexandria, Va.) Photograph/repositories/5/archival_objects/316331