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Washington D.C. Six marines with fixed bayonets at the Navy Yard – Antique Print

Washington D.C. Six marines with fixed bayonets at the Navy Yard, 1864 — historic photograph
Washington D.C. Six marines with fixed bayonets at the Navy Yard, 1864. 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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Washington D.C. Six marines with fixed bayonets at the Navy Yard comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Six Marines standing at attention with fixed bayonets make this Navy Yard scene stand out from the many Washington views on the board. The photograph is a wet collodion glass negative from 1864, made by Mathew B. Brady's studio during the Civil War. The Washington Navy Yard, on the Anacostia River, was a major base for ordnance and shipbuilding, and its marine guard was a visible sign of the Union's naval strength in the capital. Brady's team photographed the war extensively, so this image offers a close look at the disciplined, ceremonial bearing expected of military units of the period.

Created / published1864
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. 0541 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Brady Mathew B. 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer.
SubjectsUnited States--History--Civil War 1861-1865.United States--District of Columbia--Washington.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Civil War Photographs
Original scan1,734 × 1,364 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-52869

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