Fort Monroe Virginia. Blockade runner TEASER off Fort Monroe – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Fort Monroe Virginia. Blockade runner TEASER off Fort Monroe, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fort Monroe Virginia. Blockade runner TEASER off Fort Monroe
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A blockade runner named Teaser rides off Fort Monroe in this December 1864 view, with the Union-held fortress at the tip of the Virginia peninsula nearby. Fort Monroe stayed in Federal hands throughout the war and anchored naval operations against Confederate ports, so the garrison saw many vessels like Teaser attempting to slip past the blockade. The image survives as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required photographers to coat and expose plates while the emulsion was still wet. The record notes that the picture was once credited to Alexander Gardner, an attribution that appears in the catalog as a former one.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Blockade runner Teaser off Fort Monroe Va. December 1864. 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 × 4,075 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48531 |
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