Sgt. Boston Corbett U.S.A. – Historic 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. Boston Corbett U.S.A., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sgt. Boston Corbett U.S.A.
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This negative is catalogued under the name of Sgt. Boston Corbett, the Union soldier best known for shooting John Wilkes Booth at a Virginia farm in April 1865, although the record's 1860 date and the title itself come from unverified notes on the negative sleeve. The plate was made by the wet collodion process, which was common in the 1860s, and the photographer, David B. Woodbury, ran a studio in Washington. Because Corbett's fame came only after the war began, the pencil note "Boston Corbet" and the scratched number on the emulsion are worth examining as clues to how the plate was labeled and filed.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative scratched on emulsion: Corbett 2591; in pencil: Boston Corbet. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · 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 | 3,909 × 5,120 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51093 |
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