Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Ambrotype of a Civil War soldier
1861-1865
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of a an unidentified soldier, depicted from the waist up. He wears a button-down coat and a kepi and holds a rifle against his left shoulder. Image is in a full case lined with blue velvet and has a decorative gold metal frame.
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Catalog reference: 2008.9.2
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