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Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C. – Historic Print

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C., [photographed 1862, printed later] — historic photograph
Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C., [photographed 1862, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Most Civil War camp photographs show only soldiers, but this one of the 31st Pennsylvania Infantry's camp near Washington, D.C., is catalogued under women's history, so it is worth looking at for who is standing among the tents. The record dates the image to 1862, though the print was made later, and the albumen process was the standard way photographers reproduced such scenes in that era. Its inclusion in a Library of Congress guide to women's history shows how archivists now read these pictures for the civilians who shared army life.

Created / published[photographed 1862, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreGroup portraits 1860-1870.Portrait photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1910.
NotesCivil War Photographs collection. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. xxx.
SubjectsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,715 × 3,781 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221456

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