Making of the Memorial The Memorial Unveiled
Item contributed by Museum of African American History, Boston & Nantucket
Hamilton Sutton Smith took this photograph of the Robert Gould Shaw/54th Regiment Memorial within approximately the first decade after its dedication (ca. 1897-1910). A trained lawyer and dentist, Smith also became a highly regarded photographer.
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Photograph, Glass Plate Negative. Taken by Hamilton Sutton Smith, ca. 1897-1910, Boston, Massachusetts. Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket, 1973.01.012 (011).
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