[Elizabeth Van Lew mansion, Richmond, Va.] – Historic Print
![[Elizabeth Van Lew mansion, Richmond, Va.], c1905. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e0/e0bf0d89c216-L.webp)
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[Elizabeth Van Lew mansion, Richmond, Va.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Elizabeth Van Lew mansion, Richmond, Va.]
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The house in this view is the Elizabeth Van Lew mansion, the Richmond home of a woman who ran one of the most effective Union intelligence networks in the Confederate capital during the Civil War. Van Lew, a Unionist from a prominent Richmond family, used the house and her household staff to pass information to Union forces, and she remained a controversial figure in the city long after the war ended. This c1905 glass negative by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for documenting American towns and landmarks, shows the building decades after those events.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Part of title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018558. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Dwellings.United States--Virginia--Richmond. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62068 |
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