Ruins of Richmond, April, 1865 – 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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Ruins of Richmond, April, 1865 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ruins of Richmond, April, 1865
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Few American cities were as scarred by the Civil War as Richmond, and this stereograph, issued in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1865, captures the ruins left after the Confederate capital fell. When Confederate forces evacuated in early April 1865, fires spread through the city, and much of the downtown business district was destroyed. Stereographs like this were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which fused two slightly offset photographs into a single three-dimensional scene, so parlor viewers could look over the wreckage from home.
| Created / published | Hartfort, Conn. : The War Photograph & Exhibition Company, 1865. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 6260. |
| Subjects | War damage--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183726 |
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