Culpeper Virginia (vicinity). Residence of John Minor Botts – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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This historic photograph of Culpeper Virginia (vicinity). Residence of John Minor Botts brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Culpeper Virginia (vicinity). Residence of John Minor Botts
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A stereograph of the residence of John Minor Botts, a Virginia lawyer and former congressman who opposed secession, shows a house in the countryside near Culpeper in 1863. Culpeper lay in the path of the armies in northern Virginia and changed hands several times during the war, so a view of a private home there records how the conflict reached ordinary estates. The image was made as a wet collodion glass negative, the demanding process of the period, which required photographers to coat and expose plates on the spot. Earlier catalogs credited the picture to Alexander Gardner, but that attribution is uncertain.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: John Minor Botts residence. 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 × 2,149 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48218 |
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