Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Officers of 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry – Antique Wall Art
(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 historic photograph of Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Officers of 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Officers of 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry
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Taken in July 1865, this glass negative shows Col. William Telford posing with the officers of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry in Gettysburg, a town that had become a site of remembrance within two years of the battle. The war had ended only a few months earlier, and many regiments were preparing to muster out, which made group portraits like this common. The plate was made with the wet collodion process, which required the glass to be coated and exposed before the emulsion dried. Earlier catalogs credited the picture to Alexander Gardner, known for his 1863 battlefield views, but that attribution has since been revised.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Col. William Telford and officers of 50th Pennsylvania Infantry July 1865. Gettysburg. 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 | 5,120 × 4,118 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49332 |
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