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Washington D.C. View across Chain Bridge over the Potomac – Vintage Wall Art

Washington D.C. View across Chain Bridge over the Potomac, 1865 — historic photograph
Washington D.C. View across Chain Bridge over the Potomac, 1865. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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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A window into the past: Washington D.C. View across Chain Bridge over the Potomac, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Washington D.C. View across Chain Bridge over the Potomac

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The Chain Bridge crossed the Potomac River between Georgetown and the Virginia shore, making it one of the main routes into Washington from the south and west. Its suspension span made it a distinctive feature of the river, and during the Civil War it carried Union troops, wagons, and supplies into the capital's defenses. This 1865 view was made from a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required photographers to coat, expose, and develop each plate on site, which is why such images from the war years are often valued for their precise detail of roads, bridgework, and the surrounding landscape.

Created / published1865
Medium1 negative : glass wet collodion.
NotesCivil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0750 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher.
SubjectsWashington (D.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Transportation. Bridges.United States--District of Columbia--Washington.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Civil War Photographs
Original scan1,680 × 1,358 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-46317

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