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Washington D.C. Georgetown waterfront with sailing vessels seen from Masons Island – Antique Wall Art

Washington D.C. Georgetown waterfront with sailing vessels seen from Masons Island, 1865 — historic photograph
Washington D.C. Georgetown waterfront with sailing vessels seen from Masons Island, 1865. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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 Washington D.C. Georgetown waterfront with sailing vessels seen from Masons Island brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rather than the streets of Georgetown, this view is taken from Mason's Island across the Potomac, looking back at the sailing vessels tied up along the river. Mathew Brady is credited as the photographer, and the picture dates to 1865, as the war was ending and Washington was crowded with soldiers and military supply traffic. Georgetown was a river port long before the federal city was laid out. The image survives as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the photographer to coat and expose each plate quickly.

Created / published1865
Medium1 negative : glass wet collodion.
NotesCivil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0741 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Brady Mathew B. 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer.
SubjectsWashington (D.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865.United States--District of Columbia--Washington.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Civil War Photographs
Original scan1,688 × 1,364 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-52864

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