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Image ID: AGNT

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)

Date:

1864.06-07

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex

Equipment:

rowboat

Locations & Lines:

City Point VA; James River; Virginia

Military Units:

Army of the Potomac; US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army;

Structures & Establishments:

USMRR Wharf (City Point VA)

Transports:

barge; rowboat; side-wheeler Monohansett

Sources:

National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

City Point, VA. At left are USMRR flat cars on barges. At right is the Railroad Wharf.

National Archives says: Landing, James River, Va.

Fowx negative no. 673.

Etched onto negative: 673.

One of 28 surviving Fowx negatives created using a rotating lens mount to shoot four consecutive exposures onto one plate. For our downloadable files of the four exposures we have aligned the images so that they can be viewed consecutively (a,b,c,d), creating a brief video clip.

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