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File Name	shades_loc_0015.tif
Title	Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View of Umbrella Rock, Lookout Mountain
Alternate Title	Umbrella Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Date	[1864]
Genre	Photographs
Material/Technique	Glass, stereograph, wet collodion
Image Note	one half of a stereograph
Description	A young man, clad in a suit with hat in hand, stands on top of a rock shelf looking off in the distance to his right.
Historical note	This location, with its scenic view, also became symbolic of the Union triumph over Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Lookout Mountain. It became a popular place for souvenir photographs even during the war.
Subject	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Stereographs--1860-1870
Theme	The Persistence of Memory
Story	Reunions and Tourism
Geographic Location	United States -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga; United States -- Tennessee -- Lookout Mountain
Time period	1860-1869
Contributing Institution	Library of Congress
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Library of Congress.
Identifier	LC-DIG-cwpb-03451
Type	Still image
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,168
Archival file	shades3/shades_loc_0015.tif