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Ruins of Richmond, April, 1865 - 19th century Virginia.
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Stereograph showing ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad depot. A man sitting by the destroyed locomotive.
No. 6260.
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 may be available: LC-B811-3260.
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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