The Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair Marine Department, 15th Street. Models of boats, steamers, and sailing craft.
Summary
Stereograph shows exhibit of boats at the Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair, New York, New York.
No. 1695.
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1864
Contributors
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.