Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Capt. John J Hoffs clerk – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Capt. John J Hoffs clerk in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Capt. John J Hoffs clerk
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A Captain John J. Hoffs, spelled "Huffs" on the negative sleeve, is named as the clerk in this picture, taken at Gettysburg in July 1865, two years after the battle. Clerks like him kept the army's paperwork moving through the aftermath of the fighting, including records tied to the dead and wounded. The plate is a glass wet collodion negative, a process that required each sheet to be coated, exposed and developed within minutes. The picture was once credited to Alexander Gardner, known for his Civil War battlefield views, though later catalogers have moved away from that attribution.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. Huffs clerk. July 1865. Gettysburg Pa. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 3,996 × 5,120 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49349 |
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