Photograph of Walter G. Jones Pvt. 8th New York Cavalry Co. C. U.S.A. half-length f – 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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A window into the past: Photograph of Walter G. Jones Pvt. 8th New York Cavalry Co. C. U.S.A. half-length f, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Photograph of Walter G. Jones Pvt. 8th New York Cavalry Co. C. U.S.A. half-length f
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A private in Company C of the 8th New York Cavalry, Walter G. Jones sits for this half-length portrait from 1861, and the record lists a Bible and bullets among its subjects, suggesting he was pictured with them as keepsakes or emblems of his service. Early in the war, studio portraits of volunteers like this one were often sold to families and to a public eager for images of the men going to the front. The print was issued by the War Photograph and Exhibition Company, a New York firm, and the copy held by the Library of Congress was made in 1961 from an unidentified source.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Information from caption card. Copy photo made by LC in 1961 from unidentified source. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | Jones Walter G.--Military service--1860-1870. Bibles--1860-1879. Bullets--1860-1879. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,101 × 4,095 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46241 |
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