Portrait of Orlando Metcalfe Poe (1832-1895)

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27D_151]

Creator: Millard, Charles A. 1835-1891

Form/Genre: Photographs

Date: 1883

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27D, Image No. SIA_000095_B27D_151

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Subject

Poe, O. M (Orlando Metcalfe) 1832-1895

Notes

  • U.S. Army officer and engineer in the American Civil War. After helping General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, he was responsible for much of the early lighthouse construction on the Great Lakes and design of the Poe Lock at Soo Locks between lakes Superior and Huron.
  • Printed on recto: 224 & 226 Woodward Ave. / Millard / Detroit, Mich.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27D, Image No. SIA_000095_B27D_151

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1883
  • October 31, 1883

Restrictions & Rights

  • No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

Portraits

Form/Genre

Photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27D_151]

Physical description

Cabinet photographs; 6.5 x 4.25;

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