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Description
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Scene of the assassination of Colonel E.E. Ellsworth, Commander of the N.Y. Zouaves. He was shot and instantly killed by Jackson, the landlord, for pulling down a Rebel flag from the flagstaff on the roof. Colonel Ellsworth's death was immediately avenged by Sergeant Brownell of his Zouaves, who shot and bayoneted Jackson almost at the same moment that Jackson shot Colonel Ellsworth; their dead bodies fell within three feet of each other. This occurred on May 24, 1861.
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1861-Photographic History-1865
This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken during the war of the Rebellion. More than a quarter of a century has passed away since the sun painted these real scenes of that great war, and the "negatives" (made by the "wet plate" process) have undergone chemical changes which renders it slow and difficult work to get "prints" from them. Of course no more "negatives" can be made, as the scenes represented by this series of war views have passed away forever. The great value of these pictures is apparent. Some "negatives" are entirely past printing from, and all of them are very slow printers.
A Word As To Prices
A gentleman living near Watkin's Glen, New York, wrote us that he thought 30 cents each, too high a price for the stereoscopic war views, as he could buy views of Watkin's Glen for $1.50 per dozen. We wrote him to this effect:
"If there was but one negative of Watkin's Glen in existence, and if Watkin's Glen itself were entirely wiped off the face of the earth, and if this one negative was old and 'dense' and very slow to 'print,' and if all the people of this country were as much interested in a view of Watkin's Glen as they are in seeing the real scenes of our great war, so faithfully reproduced, THEN, and ONLY UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, should Watkin's Glen Pictures be compared to photographs taken 'at the front' during the days of 1861 to 1865."
The gentleman "acknowledged the corn," took the war views he wished for, paid the reasonable price asked for them, and was satisfied.
The above is the only answer we shall ever make to the question of PRICE. We deem it necessary to say this much, as many persons write and ask us for CHEAP war views; when we change the price of these war views, it will be to double it; they will never be any cheaper than now. They can be obtained only by the undersigned or our duly authorized agents.
If you wish for a catalogue of the war views, send a stamp and your address to
Yours in F.C. and L.,
The War Photograph & Exhibition Company
Sole Owners of the Original War Views.
No. 21 Linden Place, HARTFORD, CONN. A wide shot of a house in Virginia with several figures standing in front, and a carriage to the right. As people tried to forget the Civil War, interest in the stereographs declined. Most were placed in storage and were forgotten. This stereograph is a part of a 25 year anniversary re-issue.
Type
image
Format
Black and white photographic stereograph. image/jpeg
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