Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of Circular church St. Philips Church in the dista – 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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This historic photograph of Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of Circular church St. Philips Church in the dista brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of Circular church St. Philips Church in the dista
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The broken walls of Circular Church stand in the foreground of this view, with the spire of St. Philip's rising in the distance. The Circular Congregational Church had been gutted by the great fire that swept Charleston in December 1861, and its ruins were still standing when James F. Gibson made this stereograph in 1865, after Union forces had occupied the city. Recorded as a pair of glass plates meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, the image gives the scene depth and shows how much of the old city lay in damaged, unrepaired ruin.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Charleston S.C. Ruins of Circular Church. Annotation from negative scratched on emulsion: copyright. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,461 × 5,120 px · prints to 15 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52620 |
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