P&P ONLINE CATALOG - CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS
The Civil War Negatives: Arrangement and Online Access
Glass Negative SeriesIn organizing the glass negatives, the Library grouped them by source (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection or Brady Handy Collection), size, and broad subject areas. In 2002 the Library scanned those groups that consist primarily of original glass plate negatives. The groups that consist primarily of duplicate and copy negatives were not scanned. Online catalog records were made for negatives that were scanned. LC-B811 2,926 original individual wet plate stereo pairs negatives and some copy negatives, 4 x5" and smaller, 1861-1869 (1,063 unique images). These stereo negatives are sequenced so that the images can be viewed as three-dimensional ("3-D") images when seen through a viewer. (For information on resources for viewing digitized stereographs in 3-D, see "Viewing Online Stereographs in 3-D," in the "About the Stereographs" section of the online catalog.) Negatives by George Barnard, Samuel A. Cooley, James Gibson, Timothy O’Sullivan, and Alexander Gardner. Many of these negatives were listed in Alexander Gardner's 1863 Catalogue of Photographic Incidents of the War. Mainly war views, including:
LC-B813 3,028 original wet plate negatives and some copy negatives made for the production of cartes de visite, cut from larger plates, primarily 2-1/4 x 3-1/2", 1860s. Some negatives are uncut and contain two portraits.
[retrieve items from this group] LC-B814 321 original wet plate negatives made for the production of cartes de visite, three exposures per negatives, 4 x 10," 1860s.
[retrieve items from this group] LC-B815 670 original wet plate stereo negatives in pairs, 4 x 10"; made between 1862-1869. These images will not display in three dimensions unless the left and right halves are transposed. (For information on resources for viewing digitized stereographs in 3-D, see "Viewing Online Stereographs in 3-D," in the "About the Stereographs" section of the online catalog.) Negatives by Alexander Gardner, Timothy O 'Sullivan, and James Gibson. Many of these negatives were listed in Alexander Gardner's 1863 Catalogue of Photographic Incidents of the War. Mainly war views, the negatives document:
[retrieve items from this group] LC- B817 758 original wet plate negatives, 8 x 10", 1862-1865. Negatives by Timothy O’Sullivan, Alexander Gardner, and others. Includes:
[retrieve items from this group] LC-B8155 4 original wet plate glass negatives, approximately 5 x 7", 1860s. LC-B8156 44 original and copy negatives, 4-3/4 x 7-1/2", 1863. LC-B8175 2 original glass plate negatives, 8 x 10", 1864-1865. LC-BH822 25 original wet plate stereo pair negatives.
These stereo negatives are sequenced
so that the images can be viewed as three-dimensional
("3-D") images when seen through
a viewer. (For information on resources
for viewing digitized stereographs in 3-D,
see "Viewing
Online Stereographs in 3-D," in
the "About the Stereographs" section
of the online catalog.) Negatives by Samuel
A. Cooley and others.
LC-BH831 168 original wet plate glass negatives, 8 x 10", 1860-1865. LC-BH84 10 wet plate negatives, 8 x 10" or smaller, 1860-1865.
[retrieve items from this group] Film Copy Negatives and Transparencies Made by the Library of CongressLC-B8171 8 x 10 film copy negatives made by the Library from low contrast black & white
prints from negatives in series B811, B815, and B817. LC-B8172 8 x 10 film copy negatives made by the Library from low contrast black & white
copy prints made from original negatives in series LC-B813 and LC-B814. LC-B8184 8 x 10 film copy negatives made by the Library from prints from various
sources. LC-USZ61 5 x 7 film copy negatives made by the Library from file prints. LC-USZ62 8 x 10 film copy negatives made by the Library from file prints. LC-USZC2 2 x 2 color slides made by the Library from file prints. LC-USZC4 4 x 5 color film transparencies made by the Library from file prints. LC-USZC6 8 x 10 color film transparencies made by the Library from file prints. [START OVER] [ NEW SEARCH] [ "ABOUT" MENU] [ HELP] Library of Congress ( February 3, 2006 ) |