Image ID: APLK

Photographic views of Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of the Arsenal, Richmond. Formerly Virginia State Armory, but subsequently turned over to the Confederate Government, and used as an arsenal. Here was manufactured every variety of small arms, and from which place hundreds of tons of ammunition were shipped for the work of destruction during the war. [Selden & Co. stereo card]

Library of Congress says: Photograph shows the ruins of the former Virginia State Armory along the canal in Richmond, Virginia after the Confederates abandoned the city.