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Washington District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer – Vintage Wall Art

Washington District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer, 1863 — historic photograph
Washington District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer, 1863. Historic photograph from the Steamboats 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Washington District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A Brazilian steamer in Washington, D.C., is the subject of this January 1863 view, a reminder that the capital's waterfront was busy with foreign and domestic shipping even in the middle of the Civil War. The Potomac brought vessels, goods and travelers to the city, so a steamer from South America would have stood out to residents and officials alike. The picture was made by David B. Woodbury, a photographer who worked in the capital, using the wet collodion process on glass, which demanded quick exposure and development in the field. Its negative is part of the Library of Congress's Civil War glass negative collection.

Created / published1863
Medium1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion.
NotesPhotographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Brazilian Steamer January 1863. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer.
SubjectsUnited States--History--Civil War 1861-1865.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Civil War Photographs
Original scan5,120 × 2,149 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-51490

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