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Image ID: AGRO

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)

Date:

1864.05-06

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex

Locations & Lines:

Pamunkey River; White House Landing VA; Virginia

Military Units:

US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Spring House (White House Landing VA)

Transports:

barge Alice Louisa; barge Missouri; barge Sunshine

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

National Archives incorrectly says: Landing on James River, Va.

Actually White House Landing, Pamunkey River, VA.

Fowx negative no. 611.

Etched onto negative: 611.

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.