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Charleston S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard – Antique Print

Charleston S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard, 1865 — historic photograph
Charleston S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard, 1865. Historic photograph from the Charleston 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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Step back in time with Charleston S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Charleston S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard

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Blakely rifled guns, British-built artillery that the Confederacy bought and relied on, are the focus here, with ammunition stacked in the yard of the Charleston arsenal. The photograph dates to 1865, the year Union forces took Charleston, and it records the weapons and munitions left behind as Confederate defenses gave way. Wet collodion glass stereographs like this were made as pairs, so a stereoscope fused the two views into a single image with depth. The picture was published by the War Photographic and Exhibition Company and is now held in the Library of Congress's Civil War collection.

Created / published1865
Medium1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion.
NotesCivil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher.
SubjectsUnited States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Armories. Artillery (Weaponry)United States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Civil War Photographs
Original scan1,270 × 1,360 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-46106

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