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Professor Lowe in his balloon - 19th century Virginia.
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Stereograph showing Professor Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid" while soldiers in camp hold the balloon's ropes in Fair Oaks, Virginia.
No. 2348.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-2348.
Hot Air Baloons and Gas Baloons
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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