Libby Prison [glass plate negative]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0183-0000001.tif (AC Scan No.)
name: label: Collector
content: Armstrong, W. L., Mrs.
label: Names
content: Libby Prison
label: Collection Photographer
content: Minor, Frank (photographer)
label: Collection Creator
content: Armstrong, W. L., Mrs.
place: label: Place
content: Virginia -- 19th century
label: Place
content: Richmond (Va.)
label: Place
content: Confederate States of America
label: Place
content: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
topic: label: Topic
content: Tents
label: Topic
content: Soldiers -- Civil War
label: Topic
content: Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Prisoners of war
creator: label: Collector
content: Armstrong, W. L., Mrs.
setName: label: See more items in
content: W. L. Armstrong Washingtoniana Glass Negative Collection
label: See more items in
content: W. L. Armstrong Washingtoniana Glass Negative Collection / 8" x 10" negatives, silver gelatin unless identified as collodion / Libby Prison / Richmond / 1865 (on negative), with soldiers and tents in foreground, prison building in background.  Collodion, but copied from another photograph.  Sky area opaqued; left edge ragged and broken.  SI neg. no. 86 353.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Silver gelatin on glass., 8.0" x 10.1")
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1865
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1860-1870 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Confederate prison in Richmond, Virginia. Small group of men and soldiers standing amid six tents in foreground. Glass plate is slightly chipped around the edge.