South Battery, Charleston, S.C. - stereocsopic card

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South Battery, Charleston, S.C. - stereocsopic card

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Summary

Photograph shows an aerial view from Charleston harbor of the stately homes and park like areas on the south battery in Charleston.
Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).

Date based on years that Cook had a studio in Charleston.
Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection.
Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.

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

01/01/1860
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Contributors

Cook, George S. (George Smith), 1819-1902, photographer
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Location

North Charleston32.88856, -80.00751
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Source

Library of Congress
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