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Civil War Stereographs

2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. In a special issue, The Atlantic presented a collection of stereo photographs from the era. Alan Taylor’s introduction to the stereographs explains that

Although photography was still in its infancy, war correspondents produced thousands of images, bringing the harsh realities of the frontlines to those on the home front in a new and visceral ...

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