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Washington D.C. Workmen in front of the Trimming Shop – Antique Print

Washington D.C. Workmen in front of the Trimming Shop, 1865 — historic photograph
Washington D.C. Workmen in front of the Trimming Shop, 1865. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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 Washington D.C. Workmen in front of the Trimming Shop in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Washington D.C. Workmen in front of the Trimming Shop

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Workmen stand outside a building labeled as a trimming shop, a workplace that would have stitched and fitted leather and canvas goods. Shops like this supported Union forces in Washington, where the army's needs for harness, saddles, and wagon covers grew throughout the war. The picture was made in 1865 by Mathew Brady's studio, using the wet collodion process, which required the photographer to coat and expose a glass plate before it dried. Its subject is ordinary labor behind the military effort, rather than battle or troops in the field.

Created / published1865
Medium1 negative : glass wet collodion.
NotesCivil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0733 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Brady Mathew B. 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer.
SubjectsWashington (D.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities.United States--District of Columbia--Washington.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Civil War Photographs
Original scan1,728 × 1,364 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-52872

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