Portrait of Corp. Nailer 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry U.S.A. – Antique Photo 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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Portrait of Corp. Nailer 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry U.S.A. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Portrait of Corp. Nailer 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry U.S.A.
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The sitter is identified as Corporal Nailer of the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, a unit that gives this portrait a more specific story than many soldier photographs. The record dates it to 1860, but the regiment was not organized until 1862, so that date is likely a cataloging error. The original is a tintype, a one-of-a-kind image on a thin iron plate that soldiers often carried or sent home to family. The Library of Congress made this copy in 1961 from an example in the Bell I. Wiley collection at Emory University, and the photographer is listed as James F. Gibson, who worked in the circle of Mathew Brady's studio.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 of tintype in Collection of Bell I. Wiley? Emory University Atlanta Ga. American Memory edition timeline. No. 1069 Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Nailer. 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,130 × 1,294 px · prints to 4 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52211 |
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