Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Entrance to National Cemetery – Vintage 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.)
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A window into the past: Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Entrance to National Cemetery, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Entrance to National Cemetery
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The gateway to the Gettysburg National Cemetery, pictured here in 1865, marks the entrance to the burial ground laid out for Union soldiers who died in the battle of July 1863. Abraham Lincoln spoke at the cemetery's dedication on November 19, 1863, when he delivered the Gettysburg Address. The image was made as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the plate to be coated and exposed before it dried. The negative was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a well-known Civil War photographer, but that attribution is now considered outdated.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Entrance to National cemetery at Gettysburg Pa. 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 | 5,120 × 4,161 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49359 |
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