Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of North Eastern Railroad depot – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of North Eastern Railroad depot in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of North Eastern Railroad depot
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Few pictures in the Civil War glass negative collection show the ruined depot of the North Eastern Railroad in Charleston, South Carolina, as it stood in 1865. The image survives as a stereograph pair, two wet collodion glass plates meant to be viewed together for a three-dimensional effect. Charleston had been evacuated by Confederate forces in February 1865, and fires that month destroyed much of the city's center, so the wreckage of a rail depot speaks to the war's cost on the city's transportation network. The record credits the photograph to Charleston but notes that it was once attributed to Alexander Gardner, a leading wartime photographer.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Charleston S.C. Ruins of North Eastern R.R. Depot. 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 | 4,903 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47690 |
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