Federal camp on beach – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Federal camp on beach in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A Union encampment set on a beach is an unusual subject for the early months of the Civil War, and this picture survives as two glass plates that together form a stereograph pair, one for each eye. Made in 1861 with the wet collodion process, the negatives had to be exposed and developed while still damp, which made field photography slow and demanding. The pair was once credited to Alexander Gardner (1821-1882), a prominent Civil War photographer, though that attribution has since been revised. Stereographs like this were widely sold and viewed through a stereoscope, giving viewers at home a sense of depth in army camp life.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Camp on beach. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,357 × 5,120 px · prints to 15 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48499 |
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