Rays of sunlight from South America

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Photographs of Lima, Peru and of the guano industry on the Chincha Islands. With captions.
"Negative by H. Moulton. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Alex. Gardner in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Positive by A. Gardner"--photograph captions [landscape orientation: 47 prints].
"Negative by H. Moulton. Positive by A. Gardner"--photograph captions [portrait orientation: 23 prints]
Leather binding, gold-stamped.
Goldschmidt, L. Truthful Lens, 69
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Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.