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Collecting remains of the dead - 19th century Virginia.
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Stereograph showing skeletal remains of Union soldiers and their clothing piled on a stretcher. Two men in the distance collect remains of the dead on a battlefield months after the battle near Cold Harbor, Virginia.
No. 918.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Attributed to John Reekie in 1865, based on LC-B811-918.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-918 from Mathew Brady studio.
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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