City Point Virginia. Transports at wharf – 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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City Point Virginia. Transports at wharf
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Few places on the James River mattered more to the Union war effort than City Point, the wharf shown here, though in 1861 it was still a working landing where river transports tied up. The picture survives as a stereograph, two glass negatives made to be viewed side by side for a three-dimensional effect, a format that was very popular at the time. The plates were once credited to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution is no longer considered certain. The site's later importance came in 1864 and 1865, when City Point became a major Union supply depot.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: The wharf at City Point Va. 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 × 5,072 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47776 |
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