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Ruins of the passenger station, (car shed), Atlanta, Ga. - Nov. 1864

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Photograph shows ruins of a railroad depot after bombing by Union General Sherman's army before their evacuation of Atlanta.

Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-2715.

Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

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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railroad stations georgia atlanta war damage atlanta campaign history civil war destruction and pillage union albumen prints stereographs atlanta ga ruins passenger station passenger station nov 1864 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war history of atlanta georgia lot 13464 stereograph cards george n barnard photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress
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Date

01/01/1864
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Barnard, George N., 1819-1902, photographer
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Civil War in Stereo

American Civil War Stereoscopic Views, 1861-1865
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Location

Atlanta (Ga.) ,  33.74889, -84.38806
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Library of Congress
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railroad stations georgia atlanta war damage atlanta campaign history civil war destruction and pillage union albumen prints stereographs atlanta ga ruins passenger station passenger station nov 1864 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war history of atlanta georgia lot 13464 stereograph cards george n barnard photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress