View in the Burnt District Richmond Va. showing two women dressed in black approach – 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 View in the Burnt District Richmond Va. showing two women dressed in black approach in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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View in the Burnt District Richmond Va. showing two women dressed in black approach
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Two women in black walk through the ruined streets in this 1865 albumen print, a detail that gives the scene its human focus amid the wreckage. The photograph shows the burnt district of Richmond, Virginia, after fires set as Confederate forces evacuated the city in early April 1865 destroyed much of its commercial core. The image was made from a glass negative and is part of the Library of Congress Civil War photograph collection. It was formerly attributed to Alexander Gardner, a well-known Civil War photographer, and it has been widely reproduced as a record of the war's damage to Southern cities.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf 1997. |
| Subjects | Buildings--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,996 × 1,778 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46025 |
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