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Creator	Davis, Theodore (1840-1894)
Title	Showing Western & Atlantic Depot and Crutchfield Hotel
Alternate Title	Chattanooga in 1863 The Limestone Bridge near the W.& A. Depot
Date	1863
Genre	Drawings
Material/Technique	ink on paper
Description	Scene depicting a city (Chattanooga) against a mountainous landscape. Two mounted soldiers and three standing figures are shown in foreground. Two long buildings, possibly both depots, are shown at left. Signed lower left :"Theo R. Davis 1863"
Historical note	Theodore Davis (1840-1894) was a "Special Artist" for news magazines such as Harper's Weekly and Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, illustrating news reports from the front. He was in the Chattanooga area in 1863 and 1864. The annotations on this drawing mention a limestone bridge and the Crutchfield House, as well as the Western & Atlantic Depot. The Western & Atlantic Railroad connected Tennessee to Georgia at Chattanooga.
Subject	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Railroads;United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Theme	Visualizing the War
Story	Orlando Poe
Geographic Location	United States -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga
Time period	1860-1869
Language	eng
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Chattanooga History Center.
Identifier	1991.044.004
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Contributing Institution	Chattanooga History Center
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Archival file	shades3/shades_chc_0004.tif