Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown1864Frank, Frederick, Alice "The Children of the Battlefield"
[The Children of the Battlefield]
Carte de visite, back
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division"THE CHILDREN OF THE BATTLE FIELD."
This is a copy of the Ferrotype found in the hands of
Sergeant Humiston of the 154th N.Y. Volunteers as he
lay dead on the Battle-Field of Gettysburg.
The copies are sold in furtherance of the National
Sabbath-School effort to found in Pennsylvania an
Asylum for dependent Orphans of Soldiers; in memorial
of our Perpetuated Union.
This Picture is private property, and can not be copied
without wronging the Soldiers’ Orphans for whom it is
published.
Philadelphia, Sept. 23d, 1865.
J. Francis Bourns.
The text on the verso notes that this carte de visite is a copy of an ambrotype found in the hands of Sgt. Humiston of the 154th New York Volunteers, found dead on the Gettysburg battlefield. A Philadelphia physician printed and sold these photographs to raise funds for support and education of the orphans.
Curational comment from "Dawn's Early Light: The First 50 Years of American Photography", October 20, 2011 - May 4, 2012, Hirshland Exhibition Gallery in Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University
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