Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with portraits of Lincoln, Johnson, and an unidentified boy in a book-shaped locket with pages

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with portraits of Lincoln, Johnson, and an unidentified boy in a book-shaped locket with pages

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
United States-Army-People-1860-1870.
Boys, 1860-1870.
Soldiers-Union-1860-1870.
Military uniforms-Union-1860-1870.
United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Military personnel-Union.

Locket has tintype portraits of soldier and child and photographic print portraits of Johnson and Lincoln on separate pages. Case: Metal locket in shape of book with scroll design.

Unknown

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010650790/

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

No known copyright issues.

Part of Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress)

Locket, Portrait photograph, Tintypes (Hand-colored).

Physical Item

Museum Number LoC: AMB/TIN no. 2623 [P&P]

AOB 20: 4-26-2012

ca. 1861 and 1865

2.3 x 2.1 cm (case)

2 photographs in 1 case (2.3 x 2.1 cm);
2 photographic prints in 1 case (2.3 x 2.1 cm)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

gem tintype
hand-colored

United States

Purchased from: Blackberry River Antiques, 2007. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).