Civil War Era Photographic Portraiture No. 21
Title: [Private Simeon J. Crews of Co. F, 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment, with cut down saber and revolver]
Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865]
Medium: 1 photograph : quarter-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 12.4 x 10.1 cm (case)
Summary: Photo shows identified soldier.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-34975 (digital file from original item)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Access Advisory: Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling.
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 3069 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes:
…..Title devised by Library staff.
…..Case: Berg, no. 2-10.
…..Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127).
…..More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
…..Purchased from: B.G. “Chip” Newman, Broker of Fine Antiquities, Madison, Mississippi, 2012.
…..Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
…..Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).
…..Published in: Serrano, Domenick A. Still more Confederate faces. Bayside, N.Y.: Metropolitan Co., 1994, p. 33.
Library of Congress item permalink.
Note: image may be reversed — image at Find A Grave shows image with pistol in right hand vice left.
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Mike’s notes:
Image restoration note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:
– fade correction,
– color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement
– selected spot and/or scratch removal
– cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject matter
– straighten image
Image restoration is the process of using digital restoration tools to create new digital versions of the images while also improving their quality and repairing damage.