Washington District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer – 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Washington District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer
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A Brazilian steamer photographed in Washington in January 1863 is the subject here, recorded on a glass stereograph negative made with the wet collodion process. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, worked in the capital during the Civil War, when Washington swelled with troops, government offices, and river traffic. Wet collodion required the plate to be coated, exposed, and developed while still damp, so each negative had to be made on the spot. Stereographs were taken as paired images that viewed through a stereoscope gave a sense of depth, and this ship reminds us that wartime Washington was also a busy river port.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Brazilian Steamer January 1863. 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 × 2,123 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51491 |
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