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View in Water Battery, James River, Virginia Ready to fire
Summary
Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing near a cannon inside the battery.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
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
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), copyright claimant
Location
James River Landing, 37.66487, -78.01583
Source
Library of Congress
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