Surg. R.H. Gilbert – Historic Photograph 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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A window into the past: Surg. R.H. Gilbert, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Surg. R.H. Gilbert
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The name Surg. R.H. Gilbert comes from an unverified sleeve, so the sitter's identity and unit remain uncertain. This glass negative was made by the wet collodion process, which required a plate to be coated, sensitized, and exposed before it dried, and this 1860 example predates the war by about a year. It is grouped with Civil War photographs because the negatives were later gathered together. Its maker, David B. Woodbury, died in 1866, and the number 3720 scratched into the emulsion helps researchers locate it.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative scratched on emulsion: 3720. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 3,511 × 5,120 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51232 |
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