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Ruins of Chambersburg, looking north, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

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Photograph shows a view from a high vantage point of the ruins of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania after fires were set around the city by Confederate troops on July 30, 1864.

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).

No photographer identified on item.

Possibly photographed by C.L. Lochman, based on similar images in Pennsylvania State Archives.

Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection.

Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.

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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Location

Chambersburg (Pa.)
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Library of Congress
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https://www.loc.gov/
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history civil war pennsylvania chambersburg photographic prints stereographs chambersburg pa lot 14110 stereograph cards photo print ultra high resolution high resolution stereoscopic views united states history library of congress