Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of north Eastern Railroad depot – Antique 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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Step back in time with Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of north Eastern Railroad depot, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Charleston South Carolina. Ruins of north Eastern Railroad depot
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Only ruins remain of the Northeastern Railroad depot in this view of Charleston, which the negative's caption says was blown up on the day the city was evacuated. Confederate forces abandoned Charleston in February 1865 as Union troops closed in, destroying military stores and rail facilities on their way out. The picture survives as a stereograph pair on two wet collodion glass plates, designed to give depth when viewed through a stereoscope. The caption's claim that 200 people died in the blast is not corroborated elsewhere in the record.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Ruins of Northeastern R.R. depot where 200 persons were blown up on the day of the evacuation. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,114 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47689 |
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