Ruins of arsenal, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer. – Antique Photo Print
![Ruins of arsenal, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer., 1863 April [printed later], c1866. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fd/fd44b81b8a96-L.webp)
(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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Ruins of arsenal, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ruins of arsenal, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer.
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Few sites in Richmond show the cost of the Confederate war effort as plainly as the city's arsenal, whose broken walls Alexander Gardner photographed for his sketchbook. The record dates the negative to April 1863, but the print was made later for the bound volume that Philp & Solomons issued in Washington around 1866. Confederate arsenal works like this one produced and stored arms and ammunition, and their ruin became a familiar subject for photographers recording the war's aftermath in the city.
| Created / published | 1863 April [printed later], c1866. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketchbook of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 91. Copyright by A. Gardner. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Armories--Confederate--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. Ruins--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Confederate. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,316 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127344 |
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