{"id":106238,"date":"2021-05-12T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/?p=106238"},"modified":"2021-05-11T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T00:53:08","slug":"unidentified-cadet-in-virginia-military-institute-uniform-1845","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/unidentified-cadet-in-virginia-military-institute-uniform-1845\/","title":{"rendered":"Unidentified cadet in Virginia Military Institute uniform (1845)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Californian FB; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">Civil War Era Photographic Portraiture #001<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Unidentified-cadet-in-Virginia-Military-Institute-uniform.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1446\" height=\"1599\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Unidentified-cadet-in-Virginia-Military-Institute-uniform.jpg 1446w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Unidentified-cadet-in-Virginia-Military-Institute-uniform-271x300.jpg 271w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Unidentified-cadet-in-Virginia-Military-Institute-uniform-926x1024.jpg 926w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Unidentified-cadet-in-Virginia-Military-Institute-uniform-768x849.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Unidentified-cadet-in-Virginia-Military-Institute-uniform-1389x1536.jpg 1389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1446px) 100vw, 1446px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> [Unidentified cadet in Virginia Military Institute uniform]<br \/>\n<strong>Date Created\/Published:<\/strong> 1845.<br \/>\n<strong>Medium:<\/strong> 1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype ; 9.4 x 8.1 cm (case)<br \/>\n<strong>Summary:<\/strong> Portrait of a young man who, in later years, might have fought in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. The initials VMI, visible on his cap, are laterally reversed because of the daguerreotype process.<br \/>\n<strong>Reproduction Number:<\/strong> LC-DIG-ppmsca-34334 (digital file from original item)<br \/>\n<strong>Rights Advisory:<\/strong> No known restrictions on publication.<br \/>\n<strong>Call Number:<\/strong> DAG no. 1447 [P&amp;P]<br \/>\n<strong>Notes:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;..Title devised by Library staff.<br \/>\n&#8230;..Case: Rinhart, no. 138 (reverse image).<br \/>\n&#8230;..Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC\/PP-2012:127).<br \/>\n&#8230;..More information about this collection is available at http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/pp.lilj<br \/>\n&#8230;..Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2012.<br \/>\n&#8230;..Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).<br \/>\n&#8230;..Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).<\/p>\n<p>___________<br \/>\nMike&#8217;s notes:<\/p>\n<p>Note \u2013 This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:<br \/>\n\u2013 fade correction,<br \/>\n\u2013 color, contrast, and\/or saturation enhancement<br \/>\n\u2013 selected spot and\/or scratch removal<br \/>\n\u2013 cropped for composition and\/or to accentuate subject<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil War Era Photographic Portraiture #001 Title: [Unidentified cadet in Virginia Military Institute uniform] Date Created\/Published: 1845. Medium: 1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype ; 9.4 x 8.1 cm (case) Summary: Portrait of a young man who, in later years, might have fought in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. 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