Chattanooga Tennessee (vicinity). View of Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain – Historic Photograph 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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Chattanooga Tennessee (vicinity). View of Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Chattanooga Tennessee (vicinity). View of Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain
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A stereograph pair, this view looks down the Tennessee River from the heights of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, and the two glass plates let the scene appear three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope. The ground it shows was fought over in late 1863, when Union forces took Lookout Mountain in the battle often called "the Battle Above the Clouds," which opened the road to Chattanooga. The river was central to Union supply efforts in the region, and by 1864 the landscape would have been a reminder of that campaign. The collection credits the photographer as Alexander Gardner, though the attribution was previously assigned to him and may not be certain.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt. Tenn. 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 | 4,785 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47723 |
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