Three gun batty, Vanderhorst Wharf, Charleston, S.C.
Summary
Photograph shows three batteries on Vanderhorst's Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina.
Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
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
Contributors
Barnard, George N., 1819-1902, photographer
Location
North Charleston, 32.88856, -80.00751
Source
Library of Congress
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