Soldiers' graves, Bull Run Battlefield, Virginia / Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.
Summary
Stereograph shows civilian looking at grave markers beside a pond.
Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2329B, left, and LC-B811-2329A, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the studio of Mathew Brady in exchange for photographic supplies.
Notation on verso: "Southern portion of Henry Hill SW from present visitor's center - Confederate graves - 1862 image Barnard."
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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