Camp on beach – 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.)
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Camp on beach 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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Most early war camp photographs show inland fields and tents, so a encampment set on a beach, dated 1861, stands apart in this collection. The image is a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required photographers to coat and expose plates before the emulsion dried, which made field work a matter of portable darkrooms and careful timing. It was once credited to Alexander Gardner, who worked with Mathew Brady before going out on his own, though that attribution has since been revised. Its date places it in the first year of the war, when many units were still forming and living in temporary camps.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,708 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47394 |
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