The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-16
Touch Elbows
Again.
COMRADES.

Can you imagine a reunion with the
boys Of your old regiment and company. each one
looking just as he looked when You were 81 at the
front" during the great war; Some were LEFT IN
Southern graves; some have gone over to the
Grand Army" on the other shore since we
were mustered out in 1906; now there are but few
OF us LEFT, but though our locks are gray our
hearts are Young, and our loyal service for our
beloved land in the dark days OF the great re-
bellioa IS just cause for honest pride. To see
our comrades and ourselves just exactly as We
looked when we were Uncle Sans boys, is some
thing that YOU would not believe possible, but il
IS possible Inmany cases we are enabled thanks
10 the grand art of photography to muster the
regiments, companies and batteries again, on the
sacred soil" of Old Virginia. Our Govern
ment employed skillful photographers during
the entire war; they made over six thousand
historic negatives" which are still preserved,
and are mostly in excellent condition. We are
the fortunate owners of those wonderful and
priceless negatives" Do YOU want to see your
self as you looked when you was IN the arnye
We are identifying and cataloguing these views
aud we are now ready TO publish the views that
nre catalogued. Remember these are not en-
cravings or sketches, but are GcfaG! photographs
taken at the front" during the war, and You
can pick out each conrade of the companies as
we'll as if they were photographed yesterday.
You may think this is - too good to be true, -
come ana see for Yourself. We shall be glad to
welcome any coiurade and will show him lot
of real mar photographs that will pay him to
make a journey to see. Ifyou cannot come IN
person, send four cents in stamps for catalogue
or send one dollar for sample views and cata-
iogue. The views are on handsome rount-cor-
nered, red-bOrdered amounts" X II inches IN
size. The following are a few titles:
95d y. Y. Infantry, companies \, u, {, ID, r. r,
II, l. E.-qth y. Y. Artillery, Battery NJ, tor
merry 21d y. N-2dN. Y. Artillery, companies
+, X I-I7th y. Y. Battery.--6I u y. y. In
fautry, companies ID. G., X, and the Drum Corps.
-II4th Penn. Infantry, companies r. &, II,
also, guard mounting u L. = Cavalry--
u. ;. Engineer Battalion, Companies \, Il, Z, ID,
aud the " Essayous Club, "---5 q Penn Cavalry
company u eth L. :. Artillery, Batteries A,
and M a Indiana Cavity 81 Mass. Cav
airy, companies {, and D.-5 q Mass. Artillery,
companies r. and 10th Penn. Infantry,
dress parade id Penn. Artillery, dress parade
-Isqth Penn. Infantry, company D---sth
L. =. Infantry, Provost Guard Also, there arc
photographs of Grant and staff, Meade and staff,
Hooker aud staff, Burnside and staff, sherman
and staff sheridan and thc Cavalry Generals,
aud thousands of other photographs taken " az
the front" during the war, which we hSve no
space here 20 euumctJtc. There are battlCuclls,
the wounded. the dead on the field Just they
fell, Rebel prisoners. &c. We want good agents
90 take Orirrs for these war photographs and 10
give war exhibitions either with the stercupticun
orwith a '' museum exhibition case" Exclusive
right of territory given. our references are the
Agent Of the Adams Express Company, or the
Agent OF the United States Express Company
Hartford, or the Commando OF our Post (No.
So Department of Commercially
Yours in +. c. & T.,
TAYLOR & HUNTINGTON,
No state street. Hartford. Conn.
Mention The National rrbunA.