James River Va. Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left – Historic 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 James River Va. Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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James River Va. Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left
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Sailors gather on the deck of the USS *Monitor* with a cookstove visible at the left, a domestic detail set against an ironclad warship. The photograph was taken on the James River in 1862, when the *Monitor* was operating in Virginia waters after its famous March clash with the Confederate *Virginia* at Hampton Roads. Photographer David B. Woodbury worked in the region, and his stereograph captures the cramped, everyday routine aboard a vessel that was otherwise known for its turret and iron armor. The *Monitor* sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras at the end of 1862, so images like this one are among the few that show its crew at ordinary work.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0539 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Image display is laterally reversed. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military life. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Transportation. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel. Government vessels--Union. Military cookery. Naval yards & naval stations.United States--Virginia--James River. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,702 × 1,360 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51808 |
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