Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891 Adml. D.D. Porter [illegible] [993 full-plate collodion negative]

GLC05111.01.0479

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0479-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1865?
Author/Creator
Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891
Title
Adml. D.D. Porter [illegible] [993 full-plate collodion negative]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 glass negative Height: 27.2 cm, Width: 22.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Full plate collodion negative, cracked along the center, with spacer to prevent abrasion. Previously framed, a typed note in the frame (transcribing an inscription in the negative) read: "Admiral David Dixon Porter. Commander Mississippi River Fleet and Mobile Bay, 1863-1864... Brady Negative." This negative is Ex-Hardy and Ex-Meredith. LIMITED USE: USE COPY PRINT.

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