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The Parrot Rifled Cannon that threw the shot and shell into Charleston, S.C., from Morris Island

The Parrot Rifled Cannon that threw the shot and shell into Charleston, S.C., from Morris Island

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Summary

Stereograph showing a row of cannons mounted on carts.
No. 3095 from "War Views."
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.

Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 333.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative may be available: LC-B811-3095.

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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Date

01/01/1865
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Contributors

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), copyright claimant
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Location

North Charleston32.88856, -80.00751
Google Map of 32.88856, -80.00751
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Source

Library of Congress
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