View of the Lynchburgh (i.e. Lynchburg) Canal, and the ruins of the Danville railroad depot, Richmond, Virginia
Summary
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
Date from negative sleeve.
Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative may be available: LC-B811-3150.
During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.
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Date
01/01/1865
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Source
Library of Congress
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