Thursday, January 22, 2015

Portrait of Union Soldier Aaron Shertzer From Company J of the 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Who Suffered an Axe Wound to His Left Foot During the Civil War


Portrait of Union soldier Aaron Shertzer from Company J of the 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment who suffered an axe wound to his left foot during the Civil War. By Dr. Reed Bontecou. Animated stereoview.

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Animated Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Self-Portrait of Antoine Claudet With His Son (1856)


Animated stereoscopic daguerreotype self-portrait of Antoine Claudet (right) posing with his son, Francis, and his focimeter (lensmeter) invention, c. 1856. By Antoine Claudet.

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Portrait of Union General Daniel Sickles and His Staff During the Civil War


Portrait of Union General Daniel Sickles and his staff during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Animated Stereoscopic Hand-Colored Daguerreotype Portrait of a Woman Painting


Animated stereoscopic hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of a woman painting, c. 1850's. By Chappuis.

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Photograph Taken During Prisoner Exchange Negotiations Between Union and Confederate Officers Under Flags of Truce at Camp Fisk in Vicksburg, Mississippi (1865)


Photograph taken during prisoner exchange negotiations between Union and Confederate officers under flags of truce at Camp Fisk in Vicksburg, Mississippi, April 1865. Many of the wounded Union POWs released as a result of these negotiations died after the boilers of the SS Sultana, the steamship they were traveling back home on, exploded near Memphis, Tennessee, on April 27, 1865.

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Hand-Colored Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Sailor Holding a Cigar (1850)


Hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified sailor holding a cigar, c. 1850.

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Daguerreotype of Two Couples Posing in Front of a House



Daguerreotype of two couples posing in front of a house, c. 1840’s. Attributed to the Langenheim brothers.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Two Group Portraits of Union Officers of the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing at Fauquier Sulfur Springs, Virginia (1862)



Two group portraits of Union officers of the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing at Fauquier Sulfur Springs, Virginia, August 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Carte De Visite Portrait of John Wilkes Booth With His Right Hand on a Book


Cropped tintype version which has a sharper look.

Carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth with his right hand on a book. By George Godfrey of Rochester according to tintype version auction entry.

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Tintype Portrait of Wild Bill Hickok (1870)


Tintype portrait of Wild Bill Hickok, c. 1870.

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