Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey River – Vintage Photo 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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Step back in time with Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey River, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey River
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Cumberland Landing, a wharf on the Pamunkey River in eastern Virginia, served as a major supply base for the Army of the Potomac during its 1862 advance up the peninsula. This view shows a federal encampment there, recorded as a stereograph pair: two glass negatives, one for each eye, which produced a sense of depth when viewed through a stereoscope. The wet collodion process required photographers to coat and expose each plate before it dried, so field work like this took considerable preparation. The picture was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a leading Civil War photographer, though that attribution is no longer considered certain.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing Pamunkey River Va. 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 | 5,120 × 4,146 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48257 |
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