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Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity). Execution of William Johnson, Negro soldier
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Caption from negative sleeve: Wm. Johnson, Petersburg, Va., June 20, 1864.
Two plates (LC-B811-2355B and LC-B811-2355A) are variant views of a stereograph pair.
Corresponding print is in LOT 4172.
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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