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1/6 PLATE AMBROTYPE OF PRIVATE J. LEIGHTON AND WIFE – 12th NH, DIED OF DISEASE, 1863
This ambrotype features a young James Clark Leighton and his wife, surely taken not long before his enlistment. James was a resident of Gilmanton, and was 24 when he enlisted on August 13, 1862 and… (2025-895). Learn More »
$225.00
SOLD
QUARTER PLATE AMBROTYPE OF FAMILY
Image shows a full view of a well-dressed family. Mother is wearing a plaid silk dress with white collar and undersleeves, and brooch, ear bobs and ring. Her baby sits on her lap wearing a printed… (2022-270). Learn More »
$165.00
Originally $225.00
SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF MOTHER & CHILDREN
Image shows a three-quarter view of a lovely lady sitting between her daughter and son. Mother is wearing a dark colored dress with white collar and chemisette. Daughter on left is wearing a printed… (2022-312). Learn More »
$50.00
Originally $75.00
1/6 PLATE RUBY AMBROTYPE OF UNKNOWN YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
The subject of this photo appears to be no more than 18 years old. He is shown from the waist-up staring directly into the lens of the camera. He wears what looks to be a medium gray double-breasted… (2022-1042). Learn More »
$575.00
Originally $750.00
SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF A CONFEDERATE OFFICER
A half-length, seated portrait of a Confederate officer. This is a 6th plate tintype, with ornately embossed gilt brass mat, cover glass, and gilt brass frame crimped around the edge, house in the… (2025-3670). Learn More »
THE HAPPY COUPLE
A sixth-plate ambrotype, dating from the early to mid-1850s, matted, glassed and framed in the bottom half of geometric and foliate embossed leatherette case. A young couple are shown from the knees… (1221-431). Learn More »
SIXTH-PLATE TINTYPE OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WITH KNIFE
Waist-up view of a young Confederate wearing a dark forage cap and a light-colored nine button shell jacket with high collar and cloth epaulettes. The subject also wears a leather waistbelt with a… (2021-1170). Learn More »
$1,600.00
Originally $1,850.00
ID’D GROUPING – JAMES HARDING, 207th PA – GAR BUTTONS, MEDAL DROP, TINTYPE, PRE-WAR DIARY, ANTIQUE BUTTON
James H. Harding was a resident of Montoursville, in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania when he enlisted as a private and mustered into Company I of the 207th Pennsylvania on 9/5/1864. His term of… (2025-2780). Learn More »
DOUBLE-ARMED UNION SOLDIER WITH HAVERSACK AND CANTEEN: CASED 6th PLATE AMBROTYPE
This sixth-plate ambrotype shows a young soldier armed and equipped for service in the field. The soldier is shown full-standing with one hand resting on a narrow, round-topped waist-high table… (149-61). Learn More »
IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE 1/6 PLATE AMBROTYPE, J.H. DOYLE, 7TH S.C. CAVALRY
This ambrotype photograph features young James Hogan [Hagan] Doyle posing in plain uniform coat with hands across his waist. Three plain buttons are visible on his jacket which also has a standing… (141-190). Learn More »
$1,250.00
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¼ PLATE TINTYPE, SHOULDER STRAPS & HAT INSIGNIA – CAPT. E.T. WILSON, 2ND N.Y. VOLS.
Tintype photograph features Captain Edgar T. Wilson in uniform with sword. The quarter plate is approximately 3” x 4” within a typical velvet lined case. Captain Wilson wears a single-breasted… (2025-900). Learn More »
RARE 1/6 PLATE AMBROTYPE – LT. JOHN WHITEHEAD, 53rd VA, WIA AND CAPTURED DURING PICKETT’S CHARGE – EX-COCO COLLECTION
The 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment participated in the Battle of Gettysburg as part of General Armistead's Brigade and played a famous role in Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863, with some men… (1300-74). Learn More »
1/6 AMBROTYPE PHOTO – OLIVER PUTNAM, 3rd MASS. CAV. WITH HANDWRITTEN DESCRIPTION
This ambrotype image features Oliver J. Putnam, a young cavalryman wearing a “wheel” cap - more reminiscent of the m1830 Fatigue Cap or civilian style caps popular with working-class folks of the… (2025-892). Learn More »
DOUBLE CASED ¼ PLATE AMBROTYPES OF TWO MEMBERS BELIEVED TO BE OF THE ROME LIGHT GUARDS - COMPANY A, 8TH GEORGIA INFANTRY
These two fantastically clear images are housed together in a Union case that is also in excellent condition. Both sides show a beautiful scene of a lady riding a horse with a dog resting in… (846-517). Learn More »
1/4 PLATE THERMOPLASTIC CASE WITH AMBROTYPE OF WOMAN & TINTYPE OF 2/LT. BAKER 20TH PA. INFANTRY – THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877
Left half of this hard case houses an ambrotype of a finely dressed woman. Her cheeks and forehead are tinted. The image is matted, framed, and under glass as is typical. The right side of the case… (1221-53). Learn More »
RARE BOOK – JOHN WILKES BOOTH, HIMSELF
By Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman. 1979. Very rare, limited-edition book. Hand signed and numbered by the authors. This book is number 990 of 1000. Hard, cloth covers with the dust… (2025-1282). Learn More »
½(HALF) PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF OLDER MAN, IN BRASS MAT
This image features an extended bust view of an older gentleman in smart, period dress. The image is framed by a brass mat and includes the case glass and a piece of heavy, older pasteboard… (1266-1028). Learn More »
CASED QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE: SOLDIER WITH FEZ POSED WITH FATHER
This is a very clear ¼ plate tintype showing a soldier seated at left, wearing a military frock coat with brass buttons, light-blue tinted trousers and a fez with tassel. He rests one hand on the… (160-546). Learn More »
INTRIGUING ¼ PLATE DAGUERROTYPE – FREDERIC CHAPMAN, AGE 4, ID’D WITH LOCK OF HAIR
The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process in the history of photography. Named after the inventor, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, each daguerreotype is a unique… (1221-51). Learn More »
VERY RARE AMBROTYPE OF VMI CADET W.P. ROBINSON – 1st LT. 13th BATTALION, VIRGINIA ARTILLERY (RINGGOLD’S BATTERY), PHOTO FEATURED IN CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE
This singular ¼ plate ambrotype photograph shows a future Confederate Lieutenant “Willie” Robinson standing proudly in his Virginia Military Institute uniform. His hair is closely cropped, his… (846-580). Learn More »
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22ND NYNG CHASSEUR-STYLE JACKET, EPAULETS, AND TROUSERS
This appealing uniform jacket, epaulets, and trousers came to us from the same source as the identified gray full-dress frock coat from the 22nd NYNG that we listed previously. That coat is identified by an ink inscription in it to John H. Stallmann,… (410-913). Learn More »
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