Tintype Portrait of a Union Soldier
date: label: date made
content: 1860s
notes: label: Description
content: This tintype depicts a portrait of a Union artilleryman. The insignia on his coat and had have been painted gold and his cheeks have been tinted pink. An order issued by the U.S. War Department in 1858 called for enlisted men to receive each year one dress hat such as the Hardee hat this man is wearing and a fatigue or forage cap.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Army
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.75.17.187
label: catalog number
content: 75.17.187
label: accession number
content: 322775
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: tintype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (photograph material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (lining material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case material)