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Petersburg, Virginia. Group at Telegraphic Corps quarters. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac

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Petersburg, Virginia. Group at Telegraphic Corps quarters. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac

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Caption from negative sleeve: Telegraph Office [Petersburg, Va.].
Miller, vol. 8, p. 365.
Two plates form left (LC-B811-282B) and right (LC-B811-282A) halves of a stereograph pair.
Photographer: Timothy O'Sullivan.
Corresponding print is in LOT 4188.
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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01/01/1861
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united states
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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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