Fort Gaines, Tenleytown, D.C., detachment of New York Volunteers, 1864 – Historic 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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Fort Gaines, Tenleytown, D.C., detachment of New York Volunteers, 1864 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fort Gaines, Tenleytown, D.C., detachment of New York Volunteers, 1864
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Tenleytown, now a neighborhood in northwest Washington, was a rural crossroads when Union forces ringed the capital with earthworks during the Civil War, and Fort Gaines was one of the defenses built there. The picture shows a detachment of New York Volunteers in 1864, a reminder that regiments from many states were posted around Washington to guard against Confederate attack. It survives as a copy negative on an 8 by 6 inch glass plate, made by the National Photo Company, a firm active in the early twentieth century. The title comes from information the company supplied and has not been independently verified, so the identification of the fort and men should be read with that in mind.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Copy neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,040 × 5,456 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-259729 |
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