Harpers Ferry W. Va. Ruins of arsenal – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Harpers Ferry W. Va. Ruins of arsenal. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Harpers Ferry W. Va. Ruins of arsenal
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Few places in the Civil War changed hands as often as Harpers Ferry, and this view shows the federal arsenal after its buildings were set on fire in April 1861, when Union troops withdrew rather than let Virginia forces seize the stores. The photograph was made in 1862 by David B. Woodbury, who also documented the Antietam campaign that year, a link the record notes through its subject headings. It was taken as a stereograph from a wet collodion glass negative, so it was meant to be viewed in three dimensions. The ruins also recall the town's earlier role in John Brown's 1859 raid and its strategic value to both armies.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0156 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. 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--Military facilities. Antietam Battle of Md. 1862. Armories.United States--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,712 × 1,366 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46092 |
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