Copy Tintype, 5×7 This image is a copy most likely made from an ambrotype. It is in a 5×7 inch format. I do not know when it was made, but I would guess late 1800’s. I have seen an image of an identified Indiana private using the identical flag backdrop…
Ambrotype, 6th plate This fine image depicts a seated Confederate soldier, likely from Mississippi or Texas. He is wearing a two-piece belt plate with a star device, used by both Mississippi and Texas (a star can be found on both Mississippi and Texas buttons). The soldier is triple-armed, with a…
Early quarter plate ambrotype of a militia artillery soldier, possibly an officer, wearing the 1851 pattern shako. The image is an early ambrotype, on thick glass, that was sealed at one time and backed with thick paper. The soldier’s buttons are gilded, but they can still be seen as three…