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[Soldier identified as Harman in uniform] / R. W. Addis, photographer, McClees Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C.
[Unidentified soldier in uniform] / Bell & Brother, photographers, 480 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform] / Bell & Brother, photographers, 480 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform] / Hugo Bartels' Photograph Gallery, No. 262 Penna. Ave. bet. 12th & 13th Sts., Washington, D.C.
Major Seneca Gulusha Simmons of 34th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in uniform R.W. Addis, photographer, McClees' Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C
Major Seneca Gulusha Simmons of 34th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in uniform R.W. Addis, photographer, McClees' Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C
[Unidentified woman, possibly a nurse, during the Civil War] / G. F. Child, photographer, 304 Penn. Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Lieutenant James L. Hall of Co. L, 1st Massachusettsachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment in uniform R.W. Addis, photographer, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C
[General Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform] / M.B. Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. & New York.
[Unidentified soldier in uniform] / R. W. Addis, photographer, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Summary
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to hold light-sensitive silver salts. The paper is then sensitized in a solution of silver nitrate, and exposed in a camera or under a negative. After exposure, the print is developed in a solution of gallic acid and silver nitrate, which reduces the silver salts to metallic silver and creates the final image. The albumen print process was widely used for commercial and fine art photography in the 19th century and produced high-quality, detailed images with a distinctive glossy finish.