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Washington, District of Columbia. General A. McD. McCook & staff
Summary
Title from Civil War caption books.
Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. A. McD. McCook and staff, near Washington, D.C.
Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-M and LOT 4192.
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.