Tintype of a bearded Union corporal

GLC05131.05

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GLC#
GLC05131.05-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1861-1862 ca.
Title
Tintype of a bearded Union corporal
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 12.6 cm, Width: 10.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Half-length seated portrait of Union corporal with beard. Soldier's cheeks have been colored and his chevrons have been painted red, possibly indicating artillery service. CASE: Union case with acanthus design. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #66.) Case thickness 2.9 cm.

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