[A kettle fan resting atop a fireplace made with brick walls, an iron back, and mud mortar]

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Title: [A kettle fan resting atop a fireplace made with brick walls, an iron back, and mud mortar]
Date: [18]63 January 26
Creator: Starbird, Solomon Bates, 1832-1889.
Notes: [Solomon Bates Starbird] AL to Bro Geo[rge Starbird], January 26, [18]63. Upton's Hill, Va., page 11. From a collection of papers containing the incoming and outgoing correspondence of three of the Starbird siblings: Solomon and George, who served in the Civil War in the 127th New York Infantry and 1st New York Mounted Rifles respectively, and Marianne, who operated a struggling art school in New York City.
Names and Subjects: Bricks--1860-1870.; Fans (Machinery)--1860-1870.; Fireplaces--Virginia--1860-1870.; Iron.; Mortar.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pen and ink drawings.
Collection Title: Starbird family papers
Collection Creator: Starbird family.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 6844
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-11-30 11:31:22

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Image Size: 2741 x 5818
File Size: 849 KB
Record: 6844
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Full citation: "[A kettle fan resting atop a fireplace made with brick walls, an iron back, and mud mortar]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-6844/wcl006910. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 24, 2025.