Atlanta Georgia. Fortifications – 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 Atlanta Georgia. Fortifications, 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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Atlanta Georgia. Fortifications
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This stereograph shows Confederate fortifications around Atlanta, photographed in 1864, the year Union forces under William T. Sherman closed in on the city. Its two glass plates form a matched left and right pair, which viewed through a stereoscope gave the earthworks a convincing sense of depth. The image was made with the wet collodion process, which required photographers to coat and expose plates on the spot, so the scene reflects the labor of working near active front lines. The negative was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a well-known Civil War photographer, though the attribution has since been changed.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Fortifications Atlanta. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,959 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47068 |
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