Edwin S. [i.e. M.] Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War
Summary
Stereograph showing a bust portrait of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in an oval cropping, facing slightly right.
No. 2208.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Attributed to Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, based on LC-B813-2208 A.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B813-2208.
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.