Washington District of Columbia. Cavalry depot at Giesborough Point – Antique 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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Step back in time with Washington District of Columbia. Cavalry depot at Giesborough Point, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington District of Columbia. Cavalry depot at Giesborough Point
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Giesborough Point, on the Potomac at the edge of the District of Columbia, was the site of a large Union cavalry depot, where horses were received, sorted, and issued to mounted regiments. The negative's sleeve spells the place "Geisboro" and dates the view to May 1864, a year when the Union army's need for horses and mounted troops was constant. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, was a Washington camera man who recorded army sites during the war. Wet collodion glass negatives like this one had to be exposed and developed while still wet, so the image reflects both the equipment and the fieldwork of its time.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Cavalry Depot Geisboro Md. May 1864. 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 | 5,120 × 4,099 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51515 |
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