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Pontoon bridge opened for steamers - 19th century Virginia.
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Stereograph showing a pontoon bridge across the James River near Jones' Landing, Virginia. A group of men have moved the pontoon boats holding up the bridge out of the way to create an opening which will allow steamers to pass through.
No. 2539.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-2539.
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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