Atlanta Georgia. View on Marietta Street – Antique Photo 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: Atlanta Georgia. View on Marietta Street, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Atlanta Georgia. View on Marietta Street
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Marietta Street ran northwest out of downtown Atlanta toward the town of Marietta, and this stereograph pair shows it in 1864, when the city was a major prize of the war. Each view was made from two glass plates, so seen through a stereoscope the street appears to have depth. Union forces took Atlanta in September 1864 after a long campaign, and photographers working in the city soon recorded its damaged streets and rail lines. The pair was once credited to Alexander Gardner, but that attribution has since been questioned.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: View on Marietta Street Atlanta Ga. 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 | 4,308 × 5,120 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47079 |
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