Untitled – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Untitled in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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What sets this item apart is that it is the glass negative itself rather than a print: a single plate made by David B. Woodbury, a photographer who died in 1866. Wet collodion plates like this one were coated, sensitized, and exposed while still moist, a demanding method that dominated photography from the early 1850s into the 1880s. The date of 1860 falls before the war began in April 1861, so the plate's place in the Civil War collection reflects how the holdings were gathered rather than a wartime subject. Because it is untitled, the record does not describe the scene, so its meaning rests largely on the collection it belongs to.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass 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 | 3,477 × 5,120 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51340 |
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