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Credit
M0008500: Old Fort Ridgely Ruins, built in 1853. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
M0008500: Old Fort Ridgely Ruins, built in 1853
- Date:
- 14 January 1942
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/74/29
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced September 2020: Old Fort Ridgely Ruins, built in 1853
Description
Photograph of the ruins of Old Fort Ridgely, built in 1853. Fort Ridgely was an outpost of the United States Army in Minnesota which was attacked during the Dakota War (also known as the Sioux Uprising) of 1862. It was at the same time as Sir Henry Wellcome's home town of Garden City, where Wellcome's father was amongst the volunteers who organized the defence of the town. The young Sir Henry Wellcome, with other boys his age, cast lead bullets for the townspeople.
Publication/Creation
14 January 1942
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: WA/HSW/PH/D.8
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request