Cotton, O. W. Family, Civil War Soldier

Photograph

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Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

male wearing Civil War period uniform

male wearing Civil War period uniform

Name/Title

Cotton, O. W. Family, Civil War Soldier

Description

A: Compositon case; image is male wearing Civil War period uniform holding drawn sword on left side of image (this is negative so acutally on right side; has hair over ears, has a Van Dyke style mustache and beard; wearing gauntlets; image is hand colored with gold for epaulets, jacket buttons, capa insignai and guard on sword; photographed against a studio backdrop; rectangle gold mat fits over plate, then a glass, then gold foil to hold all together; interior of case is pressed velour in a rusty red red color; outside of case is embossed; case is compostion material. C 1861 B: Black and white glossy of case photo.

Collection

Mrs. O. W. Cotton

Acquisition

Accession

1983.004

Source or Donor

Snepp, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Place

Location

unknown

Notes

Date: 1861 c.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

December 20, 2000

Update Date

April 3, 2024