Washington District of Columbia. Wiard guns at U.S. Arsenal – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Step back in time with Washington District of Columbia. Wiard guns at U.S. Arsenal, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Washington District of Columbia. Wiard guns at U.S. Arsenal
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This stereograph shows Wiard steel cannon at the Washington Arsenal in 1862, a pair of nearly identical views meant to be seen together through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The Wiard guns were an alternative to the bronze and iron artillery the Union relied on early in the war, and the arsenal in the capital was a center for testing and storing such weapons. The images were made with wet collodion glass negatives, a process that required photographers to coat and expose plates within minutes. David B. Woodbury, who worked in Washington and died in 1866, made many views of military sites during the conflict, so this picture offers a close look at the everyday hardware of the war effort.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Wiard steel cannon Washington Arsenal. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,880 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51663 |
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