Petersburg Virginia. Camp in pine woods – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Petersburg Virginia. Camp in pine woods in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Petersburg Virginia. Camp in pine woods
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Shelter tents pitched among pine trees near Petersburg, Virginia, are the focus of this August 1864 view, taken during the siege that began that June. The small canvas tents, each meant for two men, show how troops lived in the field while they waited out the fighting around the city. The glass negative was made with the wet collodion process, which required the plate to be coated, exposed and developed before it dried. David B. Woodbury, a photographer who worked in the Petersburg area during the war, made the image.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Shelter tent in front of Petersburg Aurgust 1864. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,214 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50493 |
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