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[Stereograph of the Screven House Hotel, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, ca. 1875]

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Type: Stereographs
Creator: J. N. Wilson (Savannah, Ga.)
Title: [Stereograph of the Screven House Hotel, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, ca. 1875]
Date: 1875
Description: Savannah ca. 1875. Stereoview of the Screven House Hotel located on Johnson Square. Confederate President Jefferson Davis's wife, Winnie, enjoyed an extended stay in this hotel. The photographer of this view, J. N. Wilson, operated his photography studio opposite of the Screven House.

See ctm270 for a variant view.



This is an albumen print.



The stereograph was taken by J.N. Wilson, who was of 21 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, at the time that the photograph was taken.

Subjects: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 | Architecture--Georgia--Savannah | Business--Georgia--Savannah | Hotels--Georgia--Savannah | Savannah (Ga.) | Chatham County (Ga.)
Contributors: Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History | Digital Library of Georgia
Online Publisher: [Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia], 2004
Rights and Usage: Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.

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Related Materials: ctm270
Persistent Link to Item: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/id:ctm369-94

Related Institutions: Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History
Collection Information: Vanishing Georgia