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Charleston, South Carolina – Historic Reproduction

Charleston, South Carolina, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Charleston, South Carolina, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Charleston collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Charleston, South Carolina

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Charleston's harbor, where the Civil War opened at Fort Sumter in April 1861, is the city's most famous setting, and this undated print belongs to the Brady Collection, a body of photographs associated with Mathew Brady's New York studio. The caption card gives no date, so the moment it records is uncertain. The collection is best known for images made during the 1860s, when Charleston was at the center of national attention as a Confederate port under siege. Researchers should treat the date and attribution as unverified until the original card is checked.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesBrady Coll. - B127?. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131371

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