Charleston S.C. Ex-Governor William Aikens house (48 Elizabeth Street) – 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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This historic photograph of Charleston S.C. Ex-Governor William Aikens house (48 Elizabeth Street) brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Charleston S.C. Ex-Governor William Aikens house (48 Elizabeth Street)
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A stereograph pair of the house at 48 Elizabeth Street in Charleston, South Carolina, it shows the residence of former governor William Aikens. The photograph was made in 1865, when Union forces had occupied the city after the Confederate evacuation, and wartime views of the ruined and altered city drew wide interest. The image was made with the wet collodion process on glass, and the E. & H.T. Anthony firm published such paired views for viewing through stereoscopes in parlors. Its two plates are the left and right halves of the pair.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0650 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Dwellings.United States--South Carolina--Charleston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,332 × 1,360 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46460 |
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