Richmond Virginia. Almshouse – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Richmond Virginia. Almshouse, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Richmond Virginia. Almshouse
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Taken in 1865, this view shows the almshouse in Richmond, Virginia, recorded as a stereograph: two glass negatives made to be seen side by side for a three-dimensional effect. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, made the wet collodion plates in the months when Union forces occupied the Confederate capital after its fall in April 1865. Almshouses were public institutions that housed the poor, elderly, and sick, and images like this one document the city's civic buildings and everyday institutions as the war ended and Richmond began to rebuild.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond Va. Almshouse. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,433 px · prints to 17 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50776 |
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