Stereograph: House near York River, commandeered as headquarters of Union General Fitz-John Porter, 1862
date: label: date made
content: 1861-1865
name: label: maker
content: Gardner, Alexander
notes: label: Description
content: Many stereoviews were sold late in the war, as indicated by the U.S. revenue stamps on the reverse. These stamps were required for photographs purchased beginning mid-1864. The stereoscope made such images a shared viewing experience and a topic of conversation for family members and friends, much like watching the news today. Stereoviews allowed people to visually experience the history of their times in a way unsurpassed until motion pictures and newsreels were introduced.
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: 1988.3071.0095
label: catalog number
content: 88.3071.95
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, stereoview
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