Charleston South Carolina. Roman Catholic Cathedral burnt by the great fire in 1861 – Historic Reproduction
(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 Charleston South Carolina. Roman Catholic Cathedral burnt by the great fire in 1861. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Charleston South Carolina. Roman Catholic Cathedral burnt by the great fire in 1861
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This view of Charleston, South Carolina, shows the Roman Catholic cathedral left in ruins after the great fire of 1861, which swept through much of the city's downtown. The caption on the negative sleeve also notes Dr. Gadsden's house, destroyed by bombardment, a reminder that the city's damage came from both fire and shelling. James F. Gibson made the 1865 pair as a stereograph, two side-by-side images meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The wet collodion glass negatives record the city as the war was drawing to a close.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Roman Catholic Cathedral burnt by the great fire in 1861 and Dr. Gadsdens House destroyed by bombardment Charleston S.C. 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 | 5,092 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52618 |
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