[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each others' mouths] (LOC)

    [Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each others' mouths]

    [between 1861 and 1865]

    1 photograph : ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 6.5 x 7.5 cm (case)

    Notes:
     Title devised by Library staff.
    Case front: Berg, no. 1-129.
    Case back: Berg, no. 3-259.
    Photograph shows uniform of soldier on right with blue chevrons of an Infantry Sergeant.
    Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

    Subjects:
     Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
    Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
    Smoking--1860-1870.
    Cigars--1860-1870.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.

    Format: Humorous pictures--1860-1870.
    Group portraits--1860-1870.
    Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
    Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518
    Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519

    More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.27373

    Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2508

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      schmeernirnir, madichan, Photo Phiend, Andy Wanderlust, and 111 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. schmeernirnir (26 months ago | reply)

      That is strangely adorable.

    3. Andy Wanderlust (26 months ago | reply)

      Bizarrely romantic

    4. Feltbug (26 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful image.

    5. Purple Palindrome (26 months ago | reply)

      This is hilarious!

    6. dampankle (26 months ago | reply)

      This will be featured someday in an unwritten book called The Cigars They Smoked: The History of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

    7. wizardjks (26 months ago | reply)

      this is such a funny shot (0=

    8. hamniey (26 months ago | reply)

      Both of them must be very sad if* they know that they are part of the unknown histories.

    9. markmaierody (26 months ago | reply)

      nice

    10. This photo was invited and added to the Veterans of the American Civil War group.

    11. EspressoBuzz (26 months ago | reply)

      That is hilarious.

    12. raymailhot (25 months ago | reply)

      It is not romantic or DADT when you see camaraderie. It has nothing to do with a sexual act. Wish as you might these men don't need your sexual opinion.

    13. Carmine V. Kinbote (23 months ago | reply)

      enlisted.

    14. dampankle (23 months ago | reply)

      i never said anything about sex.

    15. biggrinmastiff (2 months ago | reply)

      I agree, total camaraderie. I actually have an almost exact same image of myself and best friend (and cousin) We're both big fans of a good cigar and a good laugh. I must admire the amazing deadpan faces on most of these images (ours were much less deadpan.) I'm sure most of that had to do with how long it took to see the product.

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