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Civil War Soldiers with their Wives
Date1861-1865
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 7/8 x 2 5/16in. (9.8 x 5.9cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 x 2 5/16in. (9.8 x 5.9cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 x 2 5/16in. (9.8 x 5.9cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm) or smaller
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionFormal studio portraits of men in uniform accompanied by women, presumably their wives. In two photographs the men are seated with the women standing beside them. In one photograph the woman is seated and the man stands beside her. Two men have mustaches and one has a mustache and beard. One woman appears to be pregnant.
Object number2012.233.214-.216
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbersNotesSubject Note: The soldiers and women are unidentified, but the photographs were taken in New Britain and New Haven, so they presumably lived in that area. (Finlay 3/13/2014)On View
Not on view