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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC05131.04 |
From Archive Folder | Ambrotype and tintype photographs, mostly portraits |
Title | Ambrotype of a young artillerist and his wife |
Date | ca. 1861-1862 |
Document Type | Photograph |
Content Description | Piping on the soldier's uniform jacket and hat has been painted red. The woman's brooch and the cross cannon's on the soldier's hat have been painted gold. Crude red stripes have been painted on the American flag on the left side of the photo. CASE: Union case with elaborate acanthus & lily design. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #75) Case thickness 2.1 cm. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Women's History Artillery Union Forces |
Place written | s.l. |
Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |