Savannah Georgia. View – Antique 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.)
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This historic photograph of Savannah Georgia. View brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Savannah Georgia. View
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Two glass plates, one for each eye, make up this 1865 stereograph of Savannah, which was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The city had surrendered to Union forces under William T. Sherman in December 1864 at the end of his march to the sea, so the pictures show a place recently occupied rather than a battlefield. The photographer is attributed to David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866, and the wet collodion process he used required plates to be coated, exposed, and developed quickly, often on the spot.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: 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 | 4,809 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51048 |
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