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Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

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Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River

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Summary

Caption from negative sleeve: Ft. Burnham, formerly Confederate Ft. Harrison near James River.

Two plates form left (LC-B811-2562B) and right (LC-B811-2562A) halves of a stereograph pair.

Corresponding prints are in LOT 4166-I and LOT 4169.

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov

Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).

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

01/01/1864
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Civil War in Stereo

American Civil War Stereoscopic Views, 1861-1865
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united states
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Library of Congress
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https://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "Civil war photographs, 1861-1865," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/120_cwar.html

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history civil war glass negatives stereographs lot 4166 civil war glass negatives and related prints photo confederate fort harrison fort burnham chapin bluff james river ultra high resolution high resolution stereoscopic views american civil war united states history library of congress virginia old photos