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[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform of the 119th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, wearing the belt buckle of the Philadelphia Reserve Brigade]

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Photo shows belt buckle with "RB" below state seal.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The daguerreotype is a photographic process invented by the Parisian inventor and entrepreneur Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) who was the first person to publicly announce a successful method of capturing images. His invention was an immediate hit, and France was soon gripped by ‘daguerreotypomania’. Daguerre released his formula and anyone was free to use it without paying a license fee – except in Britain, where he had secured a patent. Daguerreotypes required a subject to remain still for several minutes to ensure that the image would not blur.

The single best source for Civil War photographs is the U.S. Library of Congress, which holds the core collections of original Civil War documentary ... The majority of the ambrotypes and tintypes are portraits by unidentified photographers of Civil War soldiers, primarily Union soldiers.

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soldiers union military uniforms history civil war military personnel daguerreotypes portrait photographs soldier uniform union uniform volunteer infantry pennsylvania volunteer infantry belt philadelphia reserve brigade history of philadelphia vintage images 1861 union army portraits 19th century american civil war united states history library of congress
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01/01/1861
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Daguerreotype Portraits

Victorian era Still Portraits

Union Army Portraits

Union Army Portraits
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soldiers union military uniforms history civil war military personnel daguerreotypes portrait photographs soldier uniform union uniform volunteer infantry pennsylvania volunteer infantry belt philadelphia reserve brigade history of philadelphia vintage images 1861 union army portraits 19th century american civil war united states history library of congress