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Officers of 80th New York Infy. (20th N.Y.S.M.) – Vintage Print

Officers of 80th New York Infy. (20th N.Y.S.M.), [photographed 1863, printed later] — historic photograph
Officers of 80th New York Infy. (20th N.Y.S.M.), [photographed 1863, printed later]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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Officers of 80th New York Infy. (20th N.Y.S.M.) comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Officers of the 80th New York Infantry, also known as the 20th New York State Militia, sat for this group portrait in 1863. The regiment's double designation reflects its origins in the state militia before it was mustered into federal service during the Civil War. The print is an albumen silver print, a process widely used in the 1860s, in which paper coated with egg white and silver salts produced sharp detail and a glossy surface. Officers often posed for studio portraits like this to send home or keep as keepsakes, so surviving images of this kind offer a useful window into the men who led volunteer units through the war.

Created / published[photographed 1863, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen silver.
GenreAlbumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsOriginal neg. Caption card tracings Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,226 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126113

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