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Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, Virginia New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.
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Stereograph shows tents and soldiers, including in background a group of Zouaves from the 5th New York Infantry Regiment and a group of drummer boys, Camp Hamilton, near Fort Monroe, Virginia. According to Zeller, "This 1861 view shows the camp of the 5th New York Zouaves." (Source: Civil War in Depth, by Bob Zeller, 2000, v. 2, p. 61)
Card number: "No. 147."
Gottheim collection code: "GCW 26."
Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress)
Purchase; Larry Gottheim; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008:007)
Hand-colored version of this card published in: The Civil War in depth / Bob Zeller. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997-2000, v. 2, p. 61.
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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