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[Ruins in Richmond, Va.] – Vintage Print

[Ruins in Richmond, Va.], [1865 May?] — historic photograph
[Ruins in Richmond, Va.], [1865 May?]. Historic photograph from the Richmond collection.

(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 rare historic photograph captures [Ruins in Richmond, Va.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Richmond fell to Union forces in early April 1865, and the fires set as Confederate troops withdrew left whole blocks of the downtown business district in ruin. This albumen print, titled by Library of Congress staff because the original carried no caption, records one of those streets in the weeks that followed, when the city was under occupation and rebuilding had barely begun. Its subjects are the war damage and the street itself, so the picture is less a portrait of one building than a survey of what the destruction left behind. Albumen prints of this period were made from glass negatives and were the main way Americans saw the aftermath of the conflict.

Created / published[1865 May?]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff.
SubjectsStreets--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. War damage--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,060 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166891

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