1864 | George N. Barnard
This is a photograph of a view from the Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee during the American Civil War in 1864. Click the image for a high res version.
I love the atmosphere of this photo. It reminds me of that feeling you get when you go outside just after it’s rained heavily and you’re all dry but the streets are soaking wet. I also love the way the man almost seems like one of the statues, frozen in time.
The photo is from a website called Shorpy which is absolutely amazing and I highly recommend taking a gander. It contains a huge archive of photographs mostly taken in the USA between 1850 and 1950. More are added every day and the best thing about the site is that all of the images can be viewed in super high resolution which is extremely rare for vintage photographs.
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