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Yorktown Monument, Yorktown, Virginia

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Call NumberWHJ-11136CreatorDetroit Photographic Co.ContributorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1900-1910SummaryView of the Yorktown Victory Monument in Yorktown (York County), Virginia. The monument, a slender granite column topped by a figure of Liberty, was commissioned by the Continental Congress in 1781 to commemorate the great victory at Yorktown in the Revolutionary War. It was constructed between 1881 and 1884. Houses and a graveyard are near the monument.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : photochrom ; 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--MonumentsYorktown (Va.)Yorktown Monument (Va.)Monuments and memorials--Virginia--YorktownGeographic AreaYorktown (Va.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700311136Type of MaterialPhotochrom printsColor photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 84. William Henry Jackson Photochrom Collection.NotesFormerly 54025; Photochrom from William Henry Jackson photograph. Title and: "54025" embossed in gold on front of photochrom. R7003111363

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