Rebel ram Stonewall, photographed and published by Bell & Bro
Summary
Photograph shows a man standing on the bow of the CSS Stonewall.
Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).
Date based on LOT 4182, no. 205.
Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection.
Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1865
Location
Cleveland Park (Washington, D.C.)
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.