Washington D.C. Wiard 6-pdr. gun at the Arsenal – Antique 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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Step back in time with Washington D.C. Wiard 6-pdr. gun at the Arsenal, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Washington D.C. Wiard 6-pdr. gun at the Arsenal
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Few pictures on this board show a particular piece of hardware, but this one records a Wiard 6-pounder, a rifled iron field gun, standing at the Washington Arsenal in 1862. The arsenal was one of the Army's main ordnance depots during the war, where guns, carriages, and ammunition were stored, tested, and issued to units heading to the front. The photograph was made from a wet collodion glass negative, the process then standard for documentary work, and it was taken by David B. Woodbury, a Washington photographer who worked during the war. Its record shows the gun as a surviving example of the equipment that filled the capital's depots as the Union army expanded.
| Created / published | 1862 |
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| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0727 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies. Artillery (Weaponry) Armories.United States--District of Columbia--Washington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,716 × 1,366 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46124 |
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