City Point Virginia. Transports on James River – Vintage Photo 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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City Point Virginia. Transports on James River
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A pair of glass plates, one for each eye, makes this view of transports on the James River at City Point, Virginia, meant to be seen in depth through a stereoscope. The original caption read "James River City Point Va.," and the name "Bermuda Hundred Landing" was later crossed out. City Point sits where the Appomattox River meets the James, and it grew into a major Union supply base and headquarters by 1864 and 1865. The photographer, James F. Gibson, was a working image-maker of the period, and his wet collodion negatives record the river traffic of the war years.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: James River City Point Va. Crossed out: Bermuda Hundred Landing. See: A History of the Civil War by B. J. Lossing Page 114. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 5,076 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52638 |
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