Northwestern Depot Charleston S.C. – Vintage 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 rare historic photograph captures Northwestern Depot Charleston S.C. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Northwestern Depot Charleston S.C.
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Few places in Charleston show the war's toll as plainly as this depot, which was photographed in 1865 as the city was emerging from four years of siege. The Northwestern Railroad, which ran inland from Charleston, was one of the rail lines that carried supplies and troops during the conflict. Charleston's collapse early that year left much of the downtown and its transportation infrastructure damaged, and the Union occupation that followed brought photographers to document the ruins. Because this image is a stereograph card, its two nearly identical views were meant to be seen together through a viewer, giving the broken structure a sense of depth for home audiences of the period.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Title from item. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | War damage--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. Railroad stations--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage--Union--South Carolina--Charleston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,824 × 2,373 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268427 |
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