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Bird's-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina – Antique Map Print

Bird's-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Bird's-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Charleston collection.

(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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A window into the past: Bird's-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Bird's-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina

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From an elevated vantage point, this print surveys the city of Charleston, South Carolina, as a whole. The record gives no firm date, but its caption card and Civil War Collection placement point to the 1860s, when Charleston stood at the center of the national crisis. The city adopted the ordinance of secession in December 1860, and Confederate forces fired the first shots of the war on nearby Fort Sumter in April 1861. Bird's-eye views like this one were popular for showing a city's layout and built density, which makes them useful for understanding the port before years of siege and fire changed its appearance.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsNo. 3420. Civil War Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: South Carolina--Charleston--186-; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,424 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152309

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