File:Civil War Steamer Sultana tintype, 1865.png

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Description Whole plate tintype, which appears to be a period enlargement made from a carte de visite of the Sultana taken at Helena, AR, on April 26, 1865, a day before she was destroyed. The view captures a large crowd of paroled Union prisoners packed tightly together on the steamboat's decks.
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Thomas W. Bankes  (1836–1906)  wikidata:Q42313633
 
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T. W. Bankes
Description American-British painter and photographer
Date of birth/death 1836 Edit this at Wikidata 29 March 1906 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death England Little Rock
Work period 1860 Edit this at Wikidata–1886 Edit this at Wikidata
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Helena (1860–1865); Little Rock (1866–1886) Edit this at Wikidata
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