Washington D.C. Georgetown from the Virginia bank; Aqueduct Bridge at the extreme r – Antique Wall Art
(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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Washington D.C. Georgetown from the Virginia bank; Aqueduct Bridge at the extreme r 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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Washington D.C. Georgetown from the Virginia bank; Aqueduct Bridge at the extreme r
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Georgetown rises across the Potomac in this 1865 view taken from the Virginia shore, with the Aqueduct Bridge running along the extreme right edge of the frame. The bridge carried the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal's water over the river, and its stone arches tie the image to the city's early transportation links. The picture was made as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that demanded quick work in the field and produced sharp, detailed plates. It comes from a Civil War-era series compiled by Milhollen and Mugridge and issued by the War Photograph and Exhibition Company, which documented the capital during its wartime years.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0742 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Transportation. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Transportation. Bridges. Canals.United States--District of Columbia--Washington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,690 × 1,358 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46314 |
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