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Camp scene at Fort Monroe. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.
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Stereograph shows the 5th New York Infantry Regiment (Duryée's Zouaves), at ease with their rifles, Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Attributed to George Stacy.
Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress)
Gottheim collection code: GCW 12.
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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