Ruins of the burnt district, from the Canal basin, Richmond, Va., looking east [Civil War] – Vintage Print
![Ruins of the burnt district, from the Canal basin, Richmond, Va., looking east [Civil War], c1865. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ba/ba960d2ac343-L.webp)
(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 Ruins of the burnt district, from the Canal basin, Richmond, Va., looking east [Civil War], 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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Ruins of the burnt district, from the Canal basin, Richmond, Va., looking east [Civil War]
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Looking east from the Canal basin, this stereograph records the blackened ruins of Richmond's burned district, the commercial area near the James River waterfront. Fires broke out on April 2 and 3, 1865, as Confederate forces evacuated the city and Union troops moved in, and the blaze spread through blocks of warehouses and businesses. The stereo format was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave Northern viewers a three-dimensional sense of the destruction. The image is one of many photographs of the ruined city made in the months after the Confederate capital fell.
| Created / published | c1865. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo - The War for the Union. Photographic History. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: War damage; Va.--R-; US Hist.--April 1865; Richmond, Va. (CW geog); Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 765 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132826 |
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