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Washington, District of Columbia. Chain bridge

Washington, District of Columbia. Chain bridge

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Summary

Caption from negative sleeve: Chain Bridge, near Washington.
Two plates form left (LC-B811-2290A) and right (LC-B811-2290B) halves of a stereograph pair.
File print in LOT 4161-F.
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (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

01/01/1861
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Location

united states
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "Civil war photographs, 1861-1865," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/120_cwar.html

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