Album, Photograph - 43rd Illinois, Civil War
Object number2000.036.01
Date1861
Mediumleather, paper, metal
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 11 in. (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
Illinois 43rd regiment which was stationed in Little Rock May 1864-1865 . Attached with 43rd Illinois flag (1999.079.01).
Brown leather bound photograph album containing thirteen pages. The front cover of the album in embossed in gilt lettering "ALBUM", below which is a asymmetrical scroll design. Gilt design along the spine of the book and brass clasp on opposite edge. The interior of the book is composed of 31 sides of album pages with four rectangular openings with handwritten captions under most photographic carte de visites. The album originally contained 114 CDVs that have since been removed for conservation.
Status
Not on view
