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Graves of the unknown dead, National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. – Antique Print

Graves of the unknown dead, National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn., [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
Graves of the unknown dead, National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn., [ca. 1900]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Graves of the unknown dead, National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The rows of identical headstones in this view belong to the Chattanooga National Cemetery, one of the first national cemeteries established after the Civil War. Its grounds hold the remains of Union soldiers who died in the battles around Chattanooga in 1863 and in the years of occupation that followed, and many of the markers here read simply "Unknown," a reminder of how many of the dead could not be identified. The photograph was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its large-format views of American landmarks, and the glass negative dates to about 1900. Its clean, regular lines of stones show the orderly design that national cemeteries were laid out to achieve.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). WHJ 666" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014311. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCemeteries. Tombs & sepulchral monuments.United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan817 × 653 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-58956

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