[Unidentified soldier in Union second lieutenant uniform holding hat] (LOC)
[Unidentified soldier in Union second lieutenant uniform holding hat]
[between 1861 and 1865]
1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8.2 cm (case)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Case: Leather geometric with oval leaf motif in center.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Subjects:
United States.--Army--People--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military
personnel--Union.
Format: 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.26886
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2033
Comments and faves
redeyeglasses added this photo to her favorites. (26 months ago)
This photo was invited and added to the Veterans of the American Civil War group.
roseco01 (26 months ago | reply)
I don't think it's a Hardee hat. Hardee hats have flat brims and the tops aren't pork-pied like that.
Kristi (LOC P&P) (26 months ago | reply)
roseco01:
That's a good observation. The Hardee hats were more typically as you describe, so we will need to look further into it and adjust the description if needed. Thanks for your comment!
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