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- Union Army Private, Taken at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, 1861-1865 - This carte-de-visite made by Enoch Long at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, shows an unknown Union Army soldier. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States during the Civil War, soldiers often sent these inexpensive images back home as a reminder to friends and family members of their loved ones in service.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Union Army Private, Taken at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, 1861-1865
This carte-de-visite made by Enoch Long at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, shows an unknown Union Army soldier. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States during the Civil War, soldiers often sent these inexpensive images back home as a reminder to friends and family members of their loved ones in service.
- George Washington's Camp Bed and Chest in Henry Ford Museum, June 2007 -
- June 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
George Washington's Camp Bed and Chest in Henry Ford Museum, June 2007
- Letter from Phelps Newberry, Military Training Camps Association, to Edsel Ford, January 8, 1937 -
- January 08, 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Phelps Newberry, Military Training Camps Association, to Edsel Ford, January 8, 1937
- Pennant, "Michigan National Guard's Camp Grayling Encampment," 1915 -
- 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Pennant, "Michigan National Guard's Camp Grayling Encampment," 1915
- Cavalryman with a Painted Backdrop of a Military Camp, 1860-1869 - Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.
- 1860-1869
- Collections - Artifact
Cavalryman with a Painted Backdrop of a Military Camp, 1860-1869
Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.