View of The wharves, Charleston, S.C., near the Battery – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of View of The wharves, Charleston, S.C., near the Battery. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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View of The wharves, Charleston, S.C., near the Battery
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Taken near the Battery, Charleston's southern waterfront, this stereograph shows the city's wharves around 1865, just as the Civil War was ending. Charleston, where secession was declared in 1860, had been under Union blockade and siege for years before its occupation in February 1865, so the quiet waterfront carries the weight of that moment. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., a major New York photographic firm, issued such stereo cards for viewing at home, bringing distant war sites to parlors across the North. The pilings and waterfront are worth a close look, as they reflect a harbor city cut off from its usual trade.
| Created / published | c1865. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Photographic history, the war for the Union. |
| Subjects | Piers & wharves--South Carolina--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,270 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194556 |
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