Stereograph: The monitor-class ironclad U.S.S. Canonicus, taking on coal in the James River, 1864
name: label: maker
content: Gardner, Alexander
notes: label: Description
content: Many early stereoviews were pictures from around the world intended for armchair travelers. Informative and entertaining, they took on a more serious and somber tone during and immediately after the Civil War when curiosity about the conflict remained intense. Photographers produced images in series, often with explanatory text.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Civil War
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content: Photography
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3071.0113
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3071.0113
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, stereograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/16 in x 6 15/16 in; 8.73125 cm x 17.62125 cm