Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain John J. Hoff. Commissory of Subsistance – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain John J. Hoff. Commissory of Subsistance, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain John J. Hoff. Commissory of Subsistance
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Few places carry Civil War memories as heavily as Gettysburg, and this glass negative records a camp there in July 1865, two years after the battle that made the town famous. The camp belonged to Captain John J. Hoff, though the negative sleeve spells the name Huff, and the caption identifies it as a commissary of subsistence, the office that supplied food to the troops. Made with the wet collodion process, the image is part of a Library of Congress collection of Civil War glass negatives and was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a photographer known for his battlefield views.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Camp of Capt. Huff Gettysburg Pa. July 1865. 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 × 4,156 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49346 |
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