Point of Rocks Virginia (vicinity). Signal tower – Historic Photograph 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 Point of Rocks Virginia (vicinity). Signal tower. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Point of Rocks Virginia (vicinity). Signal tower
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Few views in this group show a signal tower, and this stereograph records one near Point of Rocks, Virginia, where the Potomac River cuts through a narrow gap in the Blue Ridge foothills. Armies on both sides relied on such towers, often staffed by signal corps men with flags and lamps, to pass messages across long distances faster than couriers could ride. The image was made in 1864 with the wet collodion process on glass, and its two plates were meant to be viewed together through a stereoscope, giving the tower a sense of depth. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, died in 1866.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Signal Tower near Point of Rocks Va. 1864. Miller vol. 8 p. 330. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,951 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50645 |
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