City Point Virginia. Railroad tracks and dock – Antique 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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Step back in time with City Point Virginia. Railroad tracks and dock, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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City Point Virginia. Railroad tracks and dock
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City Point sat where the Appomattox River meets the James in southeastern Virginia, and a railroad ran inland from its landing toward Petersburg. This stereograph pair, two plates meant to be seen together through a viewer, shows the tracks and dock that linked the river landing to the rail line. City Point became a major Union supply base in 1864 and 1865, when Ulysses S. Grant made it his headquarters during the siege of Petersburg, so the record's 1861 date is worth reading with care. The pair was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a reminder that Civil War photographs were often attributed loosely before careful cataloging.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: City Point Va. 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 | 5,110 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47767 |
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