Richmond Virginia. View of the City – 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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This historic photograph of Richmond Virginia. View of the City brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Richmond Virginia. View of the City
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This view of Richmond, Virginia, was made in 1865 as a glass stereograph negative, so it was meant to be printed as one of a pair that gave a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, died in 1866, and his work from this period belongs to the Civil War glass negative collection at the Library of Congress. The city had been the Confederate capital until Union forces took it in April 1865, after fires had swept parts of the downtown in the days before the evacuation. Images like this one record the city in the months when Americans were eager to see the war's damage firsthand.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond Va. view of city. 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 × 2,342 px · prints to 17 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50916 |
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