Print, Photographic

Origformat: Other

Origformat: Other

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

P4517

Description

Photographic print in black and white. Image is a 3/4 length seated studio portrait of a young man in military dress. Subject is Captain Don Carlos "D. C." Newton in his Civil War uniform. He served as the Captain of Company D of the 52nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

Photograph Details

Subject

Captain Don Carlos "D. C." Newton in his Civil War uniform. He served as the Captain of Company D of the 52nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

Subject Person or Organization

Newton, Don Carlos

Collection

Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Notes

Date: @1863

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

3 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Newton, Don Carlos

Exhibitions

Exhibition

To Secure These Rights

Notes

used to illustrate a panel with a quote from a letter Newton wrote to his wife, Mary. "A year more full of importance to human progress never yet has passed. Freedom, liberty, and justice are being vindicated. Slavery, opression, & hatred are being trodden under foot." May 16, 1862

Updated By

Kate Garrett

Update Date

August 12, 2026