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U.S. Frigate "Pensacola," off Alexandria, Virginia
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Stereograph showing a group of men at the shore with the U.S. steam frigate "Pensacola" in the distance on the Potomac River at Alexandria, Virginia in June, 1861.
No. 103.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Attributed to James F. Gibson, based on LC-B811-103.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-103.
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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