Federal camp on beach – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Federal camp on beach. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A federal camp set up on a beach in 1861 is the subject here, recorded on two glass plates that form the left and right halves of a stereograph pair. Stereo views like this were made to be seen through a viewer that gave the scene depth, and they sold widely to Americans following the war at home. The wet collodion process behind the negatives required photographers to coat, expose, and develop each plate before it dried, which made field work in the war's first year demanding. The Library of Congress once credited the pair to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution has since been revised.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | 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 | 4,499 × 5,120 px · prints to 15 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48498 |
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