Washington District of Columbia. Government mess house – Historic Photograph 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 Washington District of Columbia. Government mess house brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Washington District of Columbia. Government mess house
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A glass wet collodion negative from April 1865 records a government mess house in Washington, D.C., a building that fed workers in the federal city during the final weeks of the Civil War. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, worked in Washington until his death in 1866. Wet collodion plates had to be coated, exposed, and developed before they dried, so the process demanded speed and careful preparation in the field. The month of the picture also saw Lee's surrender at Appomattox and Lincoln's assassination, which made Washington a city in transition.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Government mess house. Washington D.C. April 1865. Miller vol. 8 p. 38. 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 × 4,085 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51547 |
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