Richmond Virginia. Ruins along the canal – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Richmond Virginia. Ruins along the canal in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Richmond Virginia. Ruins along the canal
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Ruins line the canal in this stereograph pair, made in Richmond in April 1865, just after Union forces took the Confederate capital. Fires set during the Confederate evacuation on April 2 and 3 destroyed much of the city's commercial district, and the canal area by the river was among the places left in ruins. David B. Woodbury made the wet collodion glass negatives, which were printed as a left and right pair so that viewers could see depth through a stereoscope. Woodbury died in 1866, and his plates are now held in the Library of Congress Civil War collection.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Ruins on the canal Richmond Va. April 1865. Annotation from negative scratched on emulsion: copyright. 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 × 5,000 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50856 |
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