President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan in McClellan's Tent – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan in McClellan's Tent. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan in McClellan's Tent
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Two men who held the Union's fate in 1862 stand together inside McClellan's field tent, a rare glimpse of the army's command life away from the battlefield. The record dates the scene to September 17, 1862, the day of the battle of Antietam, but Lincoln did not visit McClellan's camp near Sharpsburg until early October, so the date is worth checking. The stereo card format, viewed through a stereoscope to create a three-dimensional effect, brought scenes like this into parlors during the war.
| Created / published | 1862 Sept. 17. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo by The War Photograph & Exhibition Co. No. 602. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; US Hist.--Sept. 1862 (Antietam); BI; Pres. I.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,064 × 1,200 px · prints to 7 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136182 |
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