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Inside view Fort Sumter. Morris Island in distance – Historic Photograph Print

Inside view Fort Sumter. Morris Island in distance, 1865 — historic photograph
Inside view Fort Sumter. Morris Island in distance, 1865. Historic photograph from the Vintage Stereoviews 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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Inside view Fort Sumter. Morris Island in distance 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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Inside view Fort Sumter. Morris Island in distance

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Inside Fort Sumter in 1865, this stereograph looks out past broken masonry toward Morris Island, where Union batteries had pressed the siege of Charleston for much of the war. The fort, built on a shoal at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, was reduced to rubble by sustained Union bombardment, and the parapets shown here reflect that punishment. Stereo cards like this one were sold in large numbers after the war, letting viewers see the ruined fortifications in three dimensions from the comfort of home.

Created / published1865
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen.
NotesTitle from item. Original neg. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. · Carson Marian S. collector.
SubjectsParapets--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. War damage--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. Forts & fortifications--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. Fort Sumter (Charleston S.C.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities--South Carolina--Charleston. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage--Union--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan4,805 × 2,346 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-STV-268352

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