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Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe - 19th century Virginia.
Summary
Photograph shows Chesapeake Hospital, Hampton, Virginia.
Attributed to George Stacy.
Card number: "No. 228."
Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress)
Gottheim collection code: GCW 27.
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
01/01/1861
Contributors
Stacy, George, photographer
Location
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
