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Group of relics in Charleston, S.C., arsenal, showing Rebel torpedoes, shot, shell, and breach of the 500 lb. Blakely Gun
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Stereograph shows Confederate weapons in the yard of the Charleston Arsenal.
Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-3094A, left, and LC-B811-3094B, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the studio of Mathew Brady in exchange for photographic supplies.
Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).
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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