Chattanooga Tenn. vicinity. Umbrella Rock on Lookout Mountain – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Chattanooga Tenn. vicinity. Umbrella Rock on Lookout Mountain, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Chattanooga Tenn. vicinity. Umbrella Rock on Lookout Mountain
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Umbrella Rock, a broad sandstone outcrop on the crest of Lookout Mountain, is the feature this stereograph singles out, shown here in a view taken near Chattanooga in 1864. The rock got its name from its overhanging shape, which sheltered visitors from sun and rain and made it a favorite stop for tourists long before the war. Lookout Mountain rose above the Tennessee River and the city, and it was the scene of fighting during the Battle of Chattanooga in late 1863, when Union forces fought their way up its slopes. The image was issued by E. & H.T. Anthony, a New York firm that sold stereo cards to a wide public, so it offers a glimpse of a landmark that became known to Americans through war coverage and souvenir photographs alike.
| Created / published | 1864 |
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| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0682 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Chattanooga Battle of Chattanooga Tenn. 1863.United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,292 × 1,356 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46514 |
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