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Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). General David B. Birney's headquarters

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Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. D.B. Birney's Hdq. (Chopin's Farm).

Two plates form left (LC-B811-2560B) and right (LC-B811-2560A) halves of a stereograph pair.

Corresponding print is in LOT 4170.

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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history civil war glass negatives stereographs lot 4170 civil war glass negatives and related prints photo chapin bluff birney headquarters ultra high resolution high resolution american civil war military general stereoscopic views united states history manor residential buildings country estates villa library of congress virginia virginia old photos
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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 4170 civil war glass negatives and related prints photo chapin bluff birney headquarters ultra high resolution high resolution american civil war military general stereoscopic views united states history manor residential buildings country estates villa library of congress virginia virginia old photos