[Union Soldier Holding Rifle, with Photographer's Posing Stand], 1861–65, Ambrotype, Visible: 8.7 x 6.5 cm (3 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.), oval, Photographs, Unknown (American), The purpose of the odd pronged apparatus seen in this portrait of a typical Union recruit was to keep the sitter’s head rigid during the exposure of the wet-plate glass negative—between a fraction of a second and several seconds, depending on the time of year and the atmospheric conditions
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Union Soldier Holding Rifle, Photographer, Posing Stand, 1861–65, Ambrotype, Visible, 8.7 x 6.5 cm, 3 7/16 2 9/16, oval, Photographs, Unknown, American, purpose, odd pronged, apparatus, portrait, typical Union, recruit, keep, sitter, head, rigid, exposure, wet-plate glass, negative—, fraction, second, several seconds, depending, time, year, atmospheric conditions
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