Sunday, May 31, 2015

Portrait of a Union Soldier Posing With a Pocket Auger During the Civil War

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Portrait of a Union soldier posing with a pocket auger during the Civil War, c. 1862. By Andrew J. Russell. Source.
Friday, May 29, 2015

People Posing Around the USS Constitution as it is Being Overhauled at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine (1858)

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People posing around the USS Constitution as it is being overhauled at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, May 27, 1858. Believed...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Two Photographs of Union Soldiers Posing With a Captured Confederate 18-Pounder Cannon Nicknamed “Whistling Dick” (1863)

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Two photographs of Union soldiers posing with a captured Confederate 18-pounder cannon nicknamed “Whistling Dick.” The gun was respons...

View of Smoke From Artillery Fire Coming From the Russian Redoubts of Mamelon and Malakoff During the Siege of Sevastopol Taken From Allied Lines (1855)

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View of smoke from artillery fire coming from the Russian redoubts of Mamelon and Malakoff during the Siege of Sevastopol taken from Alli...

Daguerreotype Self-Portrait of Isaac Wallace Baker Posing at the Entrance of Batchelder’s Daguerrian Saloon, a Mobile Photography Studio Set Up For Business Somewhere in California

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Daguerreotype self-portrait of Isaac Wallace Baker posing at the entrance of Batchelder’s Daguerrian Saloon, a mobile photography studio ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Daguerreotype Portrait of a Folk Artist Posing With a Wooden Chain

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Daguerreotype portrait of a folk artist posing with a wooden chain, c. 1855. Source.

Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Man Posing With a Cat (1840's/1850's)

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Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man posing with a cat, c. 1840's/1850's. Source.
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Union Soldiers in a Makeshift Camp Possibly in New Orleans After the Civil War

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Union soldiers in a makeshift camp possibly in New Orleans after the Civil War, c. 1865. Theodore Lilienthal. Animated stereoview. Sour...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

Photograph Taken During the Second Battle of Fredericksburg Showing Battle Smoke Drifting Through Downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia (1863)

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Photograph taken during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg showing battle smoke drifting through downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, May ...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Hand-Colored Ambrotype Portrait of a Union Soldier of the 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment During the Civil War

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Hand-colored ambrotype portrait of a Union soldier of the 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War. Source.