Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey – 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.)
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This historic photograph of Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey
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Cumberland Landing sat on the Pamunkey River in Virginia, and in 1862 it served as a Union supply base for the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign. Steamers brought food, ammunition and other supplies up the river to the landing, where they were moved to the troops on the surrounding ground. This picture is a stereograph, made from two glass negatives taken from slightly different positions so that viewers could see the scene in depth through a stereoscope. It was made with the wet collodion process, which required photographers to coat and expose each plate before it dried. The photographer is listed as James F. Gibson, born in 1828.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Camp Cumberland Landing Pamunkey River Va. Miller vol. 1 p. 224. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,877 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52650 |
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