Savannah Georgia (vicinity). Big gun at Fort McAllister – 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Savannah Georgia (vicinity). Big gun at Fort McAllister in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Savannah Georgia (vicinity). Big gun at Fort McAllister
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The big gun at Fort McAllister, an earthwork guarding the Ogeechee River south of Savannah, is the subject here. Union forces under William T. Sherman captured the fort in December 1864, which opened a supply route from the river to the fleet offshore. This picture was made as a stereograph, two glass plates that give a three-dimensional view through a stereoscope, a popular parlor format of the 1860s. The photographer is attributed to David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Fort McAllister. Photographers name attributed in Civil War caption books. 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 | 4,430 × 5,120 px · prints to 15 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51030 |
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