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ca. 1858, [ambrotype portrait of a smiling young girl with a book]
via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery](http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0c200b1fe57f5d4c5e2cb7b923b8795/tumblr_mfsxc0sWHc1qa51rdo1_400.jpg)
ca. 1858, [ambrotype portrait of a smiling young girl with a book]
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ca. 1861-65, [ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in an infantry uniform with musket and Bowie knife]
via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a3ebnQb21qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1861-65, [ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in an infantry uniform with musket and Bowie knife]
via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
(via Confident girl with gold jewelry ~ Candler Arts)
Small ninth plate ambrotype in which the confident girl’s jewelry has been painted gold. Housed in a brass frame similar in color to the jewelry and a wood and leatherette case.
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ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a child with his train set]
via Ebay](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meblls94HD1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a child with his train set]
via Ebay
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ca. 1860’s, [tinted ambrotype portrait of a muscular gent with rolled-up sleeves, holding a hammer and chisel]
via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery](http://25.media.tumblr.com/a6627ff0f22319f93bc923750186f9b9/tumblr_mfancd43sc1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1860’s, [tinted ambrotype portrait of a muscular gent with rolled-up sleeves, holding a hammer and chisel]
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ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a bright-eyed woman playing her fiddle]
via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_marfraV9kI1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a bright-eyed woman playing her fiddle]
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ca. 1855, [ambrotype portrait of a gentleman and his dog]
via Charles Schwartz Photography](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75qnvwt8s1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1855, [ambrotype portrait of a gentleman and his dog]
Old Kingdom. WIFE. by RetroAtelier
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ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a young gentleman and his dog]
via Charles Schwartz Photography](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h24wmM7p1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a young gentleman and his dog]
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ca. 1863, [ambrotype portrait of a Civil War induction officer with a lottery box]
via the Library of Congress, Civil War Collection
The National Conscription Act of 1863 created a lottery system where men, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, could have been drafted into military service during the Civil War. In New York, outrage over compulsory military service caused riots to break out in the summer of 1863. Both the Union and Confederacy had their own respective conscription acts.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a4stl8Vj1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1863, [ambrotype portrait of a Civil War induction officer with a lottery box]
via the Library of Congress, Civil War Collection
The National Conscription Act of 1863 created a lottery system where men, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, could have been drafted into military service during the Civil War. In New York, outrage over compulsory military service caused riots to break out in the summer of 1863. Both the Union and Confederacy had their own respective conscription acts.
