-
AvailablityOut of stock
This sixth plate tintype is a full standing view of a Union soldier wearing a frock coat and cradling what looks like an Enfield rifle. His eagle plate, US belt plate and buttons are gilded. The most important feature of the image is the Benton Barracks painted canvas backdrop used… -
AvailablityOut of stock
This beautiful US box plate is actually excavated. It was dug in Varina, Virginia in the 1960’s to 1970’s and was cleaned by the digger. From the back it is obvious that it was excavated. The condition is excellent and the plate is priced in accordance with the cleaning, as… -
AvailablityOut of stock
This very nice US eagle plate was excavated in Varina, Virginia in the 1960’s to 1970’s. The digger cleaned the plate at that time, which is more than a digger would do today. The plate is obviously excavated when you view the reverse, however. The plate is missing the attachment… -
AvailablityOut of stock
This double armed Confederate cavalryman is identified in the case as W. H. Porter. In period writing is the following: “W. H. Porter for ??? A. Porter, February 7th 1864. When this you see think of me.” The soldier is double armed with a cavalry sabre and Whitney navy revolver. … -
AvailablityOut of stock
This nice Virginia Confederate group consists of a sixth plate ruby ambrotype of a young early war soldier in his suit and kepi seated with a friend or relative. There is a ninth plate tintype of a young man and a ninth plate daguerreotype of a woman in the group. … -
AvailablityOut of stock
The soldier in this sixth plate tintype generates some interesting questions. He is wearing an Army of the Potomac second corps badge on his four-button sack coat and displays a bandaged left hand for the photographer. In what battle or skirmish was this man wounded, and when? Corps badges were…