Sgt. Oscar Ryder 7th N.Y.S.M. – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Sgt. Oscar Ryder 7th N.Y.S.M., a historic photograph rich in period 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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Sgt. Oscar Ryder 7th N.Y.S.M.
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Sergeant Oscar Ryder of the 7th New York State Militia sits for this portrait, which was made on a glass negative using the wet collodion process. That process, introduced in the early 1850s, required the plate to be coated, exposed, and developed before it dried, so photographers often worked in portable darkrooms. David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866, made the negative, and its 1860 date places it before the war. The title was added later from Civil War caption books, so the image is best understood as a pre-war militia portrait that was later filed with wartime material.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Annotation from negative scratched on emulsion: 1488. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). Title from Civil War caption books. · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 3,460 × 5,120 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51102 |
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