Chickahominy River Virginia. Lower bridge – Historic Photograph 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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Chickahominy River Virginia. Lower bridge comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Chickahominy River Virginia. Lower bridge
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The lower bridge over the Chickahominy River in Virginia was a crossing on a slow, muddy stream east of Richmond, country that saw heavy military movement during the war. The image survives as a stereograph: two glass plates made with the wet collodion process, meant to be viewed together through a stereoscope to create a sense of depth. The record dates it to 1861, but the negative sleeve's caption points to 1864, so the date is worth weighing with care. The pair was once credited to Alexander Gardner, an attribution that has since been revised.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Bridge across Chickahominy River Va. [1864]. Miller vol. 1 p. 321. 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 | 5,120 × 4,467 px · prints to 17 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47733 |
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