Savannah Georgia. The reservoir – Vintage 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Savannah Georgia. The reservoir 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. The reservoir
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This stereograph shows the reservoir at Savannah, Georgia, in 1865, captured as two glass negatives that together make a paired image meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a sense of depth. The photographer is attributed to David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866. Savannah had surrendered to Union forces in late 1864 after Sherman's march through Georgia, and photographers working in the occupied South during 1865 recorded its streets, installations, and waterworks. Wet collodion glass plates like these were the standard method of the period and required fast, careful work in the field.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: The Resevoir Savannah Ga. 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 | 4,806 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51061 |
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