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Day 1: Historic & Early Americana

Fri, Apr 24, 2026 09:00AM EDT
Lot 204

[CIVIL WAR] Quarter Plate Black Soldier w/ Partial ID

Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000

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Quarter plate full-length studio portrait tintype. N.p., 1861-1865. Full leatherette case. Pencil inscription to case interior opposite photograph. 

 

A handsome portrait of a Black Union soldier. 

 

More information is forthcoming.

 

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] 

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