Knoxville Tennessee (vicinity). Railroad bridge across Platt creek – 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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Knoxville Tennessee (vicinity). Railroad bridge across Platt creek 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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Knoxville Tennessee (vicinity). Railroad bridge across Platt creek
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This 1864 stereograph shows a railway bridge spanning Platt Creek in the countryside near Knoxville, Tennessee. Union forces held Knoxville from late 1863, and the rail lines running through East Tennessee were important for moving supplies, which made bridges like this one vital to both armies. The picture exists as two side-by-side exposures, meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a sense of depth. David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866, made it using the wet collodion process on glass negatives.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Railway Bridge across Platt Creek (Vicinity of Knoxville Tenn.). See: History of Civil War by Lossing p. 481. 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 × 4,986 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49755 |
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