Petersburg Virginia. Photographers resting in camp – Antique Photo 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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This historic photograph of Petersburg Virginia. Photographers resting in camp brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Virginia. Photographers resting in camp
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Taken in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1862, this stereograph turns the lens on the photographers themselves as they rest in camp, a rarer subject than the battlefields and officers that dominate the wartime record. It survives as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the photographer to coat, expose and develop each plate within minutes, so field work meant hauling a portable darkroom alongside the cameras. The photographer credited here, David B. Woodbury, died in 1866, and Petersburg, a rail hub south of Richmond, mattered to both armies.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. 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 × 2,296 px · prints to 17 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50481 |
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