Varina Landing James River Virginia. View of pontoon bridge and supply boat – 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 Varina Landing James River Virginia. View of pontoon bridge and supply boat brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Varina Landing James River Virginia. View of pontoon bridge and supply boat
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Varina Landing on the James River was a supply point for Union forces during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, when the army under George B. McClellan advanced up the peninsula toward Richmond. This stereograph shows a pontoon bridge and a supply boat at the landing, a reminder of how much of the Union war effort depended on river transport and temporary crossings. The glass negative was made with the wet collodion process, which required the photographer to coat and expose each plate while it was still wet, so field work of this kind was slow and demanding. It was taken by David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Varina Landing James River Virginia. 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 × 2,102 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51385 |
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