Broadway Landing Va. Federal ordnance at the depot; another view – 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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Step back in time with Broadway Landing Va. Federal ordnance at the depot; another view, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Broadway Landing Va. Federal ordnance at the depot; another view
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Broadway Landing, a river landing in Virginia, is the setting here, with federal artillery and ordnance stored at the depot there in 1865. The picture survives as a stereograph, two nearly identical views meant to be seen together through a stereoscope, so the stacked shells and gun carriages appear to stand out in depth. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, worked around Petersburg during the final campaign of the war, when Union supply lines relied on landings like this one to feed the siege. The record also lists a variant view, which suggests the site was photographed more than once.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : 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. 0372 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies. Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege 1864-1865. Artillery (Weaponry)United States--Virginia--Broadway Landing. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,360 × 1,360 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46143 |
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