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Going Nowhere: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/09/2007 - 7:02am.
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Wagon tracks and gate in St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1865. View full size. Left half of a wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph made by Samuel A. Cooley.
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Looking Back: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 4:45pm.
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A St. Augustine, Florida, street view circa 1865. View full size. Left half of a wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph made by Samuel A. Cooley.
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Old, Old Glory: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 4:11pm.
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1865. Vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Johnson on Morris Island. View full size. Half of a wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph.
Water Tower: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 4:06pm.
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1865. "Savannah, Georgia. The reservoir." View full size. Right half of a wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph made by Samuel A. Cooley.
Silent Now: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 4:01pm.
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1865. Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. View from the parapet of Fort Sumter. View full size. Left half of a wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph.
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After the Bombardment: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 3:55pm.
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1865. "Charleston, South Carolina, after the bombardment. Meeting Street, looking south, showing St. Michael's Church, the Mills house and ruins of the Circular Church." View full size. Wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph.
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Eight Till Noon: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 3:00am.
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1865. "Charleston, South Carolina. Meeting Street, near Broad; St. Michael's Church in middle distance. Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy." View full size. Left half of a wet-collodion glass-plate stereograph. Juniper Gallery fine-art print.
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