Penna R.R. bridge across the Susquehanna River from the w. – Historic Photograph 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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A window into the past: Penna R.R. bridge across the Susquehanna River from the w., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Penna R.R. bridge across the Susquehanna River from the w.
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A Pennsylvania Railroad bridge spanning the Susquehanna River is the subject of this stereograph, and its title indicates the view was taken from the west. The card was issued by the Pennsylvania Photographic Society, an amateur group, and a number penciled on a mile-marker post in the left image marks it within the society's series. Rail crossings like this one mattered greatly in 1861, when the Pennsylvania Railroad carried freight and troops during the first months of the Civil War. The catalog also lists subject terms for Charleston and Fort Sumter, which do not match the bridge in the title, so the card itself is the better guide to what it shows.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Penned on bottom of mile-marker post in left stereo image: P.P.S. 36. Penned on back of mount: P.P.S. 16 (a). Pennsylvania Photographic Society. Title from item. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Artillery (Weaponry)--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. Parapets--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. Forts & fortifications--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. Fort Sumter (Charleston S.C.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies--South Carolina--Charleston. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities--South Carolina--Charleston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,815 × 2,359 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268462 |
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