Carte de Visite

Face of the 4"x2-1/2" card has a very nice, detailed, studio tintype photograph of a Sergeant in the Union Army of the Civil War. The soldier's jacket appears to be a four-button jacket. The soldier is wearing a medal on his right breast of a bar with a three-leafed clover hanging from it. I assume that this must indicate something of his placement in the army. See this detail for an enlargement of the uniform.

The verso has a red two-cent Internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp. The presence of the tax stamp dates this CDV to the period 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866. Penciled writing on the front of this card reads "Yours truly Sergeant E.H. Nichols".

If anyone can determine anything about this Civil War soldier, from this hand-tinted tintype photograph, then feel free to .

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Very nice studio CDV of three children, a young girl, wearing a dress, with a slightly older boy on each side. Backmark of "S.S. Brown, Photographer, 101 Westminster Street, Prov., R.I.", with an orange two-cent Internal Revenue Bank Check tax stamp. Face of the 4"x2-1/2" card has a double gold line border. The presence of the tax stamp dates this CDV to the period 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866

Very nice studio CDV of a woman posing seated. Backmark of "S.S. Brown, Photographer, 101 Westminster Street, Prov., R.I.", partially obscured by orange two-cent Internal Revenue Bank Check tax stamp. Face of the 4"x2-1/2" card has a double gold line border. The presence of the tax stamp dates this CDV to the period 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866

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Face of the 4"x2-1/2" card has a very nice studio albumin print CDV of a Dr Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts. The bearded doctor is nicely vignetted on this card. Backmark of "Walker, at Adam's Gallery, 239 Main Street, Worcester, Mass.", partially obscured by blue-green two-cent Internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp. The presence of the tax stamp dates this CDV to the period 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866. Penciled writing on the back of this card indicates the subject as Dr. Bishop - Worcester, Mass.

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Very nice studio CDV of a seated gentleman with a hulihee beard, his left elbow resting on a light-colored tableclothed table. Backmark of "Joseph W. Warren, Photographer, No. 36 South Main Street, Fall River, Mass. Copies of the same at any time.", with a blue-green two-cent Internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp. Face of the 4"x2-1/2" card has a double gold line border. The presence of the tax stamp dates this CDV to the period 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866

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Very nice studio CDV of a woman, standing behind and leaning on a floral-print chair. Backmark of "Photographed by Bryant, 140 1-2 Main Street, Charlestown", with a blue-green two-cent Internal Revenue Playing Card tax stamp. Face of the 4"x2-1/2" card has a double gold line border. The presence of the tax stamp dates this CDV to the period 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866

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Very nice studio vignetted CDV of a young girl, sitting on a chair. The front of this ceards "T.R. Burnham 247 Washington Street, Boston". Backmark of "T.R. Burnham, Photographer, 247 Washington Street, Boston", with a blue-green two-cent Internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp. Face of the 4"x2-1/2" card has a double gold line border. Penciled writing on the reverse of this card reads "Alice Brown". The presence of the tax stamp dates this CDV to the period 1 Aug 1864 to 1 Aug 1866.

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