Petersburg Virginia. Pontoon bridge – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Petersburg Virginia. Pontoon bridge, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Virginia. Pontoon bridge
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The picture shows a pontoon bridge at Petersburg, Virginia, a city that was the focus of a long Union siege that ended in the spring of 1865. Pontoon bridges, made of boats or floats linked together, let Union armies cross rivers quickly. This image was made as a stereograph, with two glass plates that form the left and right views. Viewed through a stereoscope, the pair gives a sense of depth. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, died in 1866, and his wet-collodion negatives are among the many wartime records that show the logistics behind the war.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | 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 | 5,074 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50593 |
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