Morris Island S.C. Interior view of Fort Putnam – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Morris Island S.C. Interior view of Fort Putnam. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Morris Island S.C. Interior view of Fort Putnam
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Fort Putnam's interior is the subject here, pictured on Morris Island, the sandy barrier island at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. Union forces had taken the island in 1863 after the long siege of Charleston, and by 1865 it was a fortified Union position. This stereograph was made from a wet collodion glass negative, and its two side-by-side views were meant to be seen through a stereoscope, which gave viewers a sense of depth. E. & H.T. Anthony, a New York firm, published many such views of wartime sites, and the pair offers a close look at the earthworks as they stood near the war's end.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0595 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Forts & fortifications.United States--South Carolina--Morris Island. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,200 × 1,344 px · prints to 4 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46500 |
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