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[7thWisconsin]

That´s a great article with some awesome pictures! I like the one with the guys leaning out of the studio. That´s got a ¨real people¨ feel to it. Good solid quote about loaner props, too.
Robert Szavo took my image twice. Once he used that thing to keep your head straight. I remember the hole in the roof of the tent for light. What surprised me, and I made a point of remembering, was that the exposure time of each image was 10 seconds. He was very graceful about removing and replacing the lens cap.

 

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

Stop. Just stop. Go back and look at your responses to other´s posts. They´re extremely short, dismissive... dare I even say curt. I don´t know anything about you, so it could be a language barrier thing or something else. But it´s starting to feel like you want to string us all along for some big reveal farther down the line. I would like to give you the benefit of doubt and continue to assume you´re not just a troll. So communication is a two-way street, yeah? Help us out a little here.
This statement is so outlandish as to be ridiculous. My wife´s family were 19th century photographers. We still have a house full of stuff that they used as props in photographs. There are thousands of images of soldiers wearing uniform items they were never issued, like sashes, and holding weapons their units never used, like swords, revolvers and even rifles. There´s an image of a 6th Wisconsin soldier in Lord´s Encyclopedia holding a Mississippi rifle. We know the 6th Wisconsin was not armed with these. Sometimes you´re even lucky enough to see a group of images taken by the same photographer with different men all holding the same props. So, let´s not pursue that any more. I think it´s safe to assume whenever you see a man in an image, that he may be holding a photographer´s prop.
There´s nothing to say that´s not his revolver, either. It might have been. Thousands of them were taken to war by enthusiastic volunteers. Later they were quietly sent home when the soldier realized that the weapon Uncle Sam gave him would do the job just fine. Or a commander ordered them turned in or sent home because of the danger to life and limb that they presented. That particular firearm would be next to useless for an infantryman. It has a range of roughly across the street. It´s too big to carry in your pocket, so it´s going to need a holster.
I think there´s something underneath the elbow of the arm with the pistol. It looks dark and shiny. Chair arm, maybe?

No drama. My answers are self explanatory, why blather when you can make your point without blathering?

 

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

Stop. Just stop. Go back and look at your responses to other´s posts. They´re extremely short, dismissive... dare I even say curt. I don´t know anything about you, so it could be a language barrier thing or something else. But it´s starting to feel like you want to string us all along for some big reveal farther down the line. I would like to give you the benefit of doubt and continue to assume you´re not just a troll. So communication is a two-way street, yeah? Help us out a little here.
This statement is so outlandish as to be ridiculous. My wife´s family were 19th century photographers. We still have a house full of stuff that they used as props in photographs. There are thousands of images of soldiers wearing uniform items they were never issued, like sashes, and holding weapons their units never used, like swords, revolvers and even rifles. There´s an image of a 6th Wisconsin soldier in Lord´s Encyclopedia holding a Mississippi rifle. We know the 6th Wisconsin was not armed with these. Sometimes you´re even lucky enough to see a group of images taken by the same photographer with different men all holding the same props. So, let´s not pursue that any more. I think it´s safe to assume whenever you see a man in an image, that he may be holding a photographer´s prop.
There´s nothing to say that´s not his revolver, either. It might have been. Thousands of them were taken to war by enthusiastic volunteers. Later they were quietly sent home when the soldier realized that the weapon Uncle Sam gave him would do the job just fine. Or a commander ordered them turned in or sent home because of the danger to life and limb that they presented. That particular firearm would be next to useless for an infantryman. It has a range of roughly across the street. It´s too big to carry in your pocket, so it´s going to need a holster.
I think there´s something underneath the elbow of the arm with the pistol. It looks dark and shiny. Chair arm, maybe?

 

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

Primer: Civil War Union and Confederate camp photographers

How Civil War camp photographers got started, details of the studies and prop weapons, and other information about Union and Confederate photographers.

www.militaryimagesmagazine-digital.com

 

[Joe Whitworth]

There seems something fishy about the amount of black conveniently blocking the area between the men. Is it overexposed and if so why just there or is it damage? Placing a T square on the railing reveals the the same angle of tilt as the house on the back drop indicating it's one piece but the photographer placing it carelessly with such an obvious tilt is puzzling. Is it yours or are you considering purchasing it? If your buying it was does the seller say about it?

 

[7thWisconsin]

No drama. My answers are self explanatory, why blather when you can make your point without blathering?

Well, it´s not blather. It´s a discussion. You´re the OP. You started the thread and we´re discussing your topic. Only not really. More like you´re swooping in from time to time to hit the buzzer to signify a wrong answer. It´s like we´re sitting at your kitchen table telling stories, and you´re in the living room occasionally blurting out ¨It wasn´t like that!¨
@JoeWhitworth: I´m troubled by the middle of the picture too and you said it very well. It´s dark and ill-defined.

 

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

Well, it´s not blather. It´s a discussion. You´re the OP. You started the thread and we´re discussing your topic. Only not really. More like you´re swooping in from time to time to hit the buzzer to signify a wrong answer. It´s like we´re sitting at your kitchen table telling stories, and you´re in the living room occasionally blurting out ¨It wasn´t like that!¨
@JoeWhitworth: I´m troubled by the middle of the picture too and you said it very well. It´s dark and ill-defi

Its my photo. I know nothing about it, that is why I posted here to get information.

 

[CowCavalry]

Its my photo. I know nothing about it, that is why I posted here to get information.

Excuse me butting in but judging from your prior responses, you seem to think you know a lot about it.

 

[JackADriscoll]

So there's experts in their craft that use this board. If you desire to learn anything civil war this is a spot to do it

 

[Virginia Dave]

This is super interesting. Do you think guy on right is deceased? I can see it

My thoughts exactly.

 

[chubachus]

IMO 100% chance neither one of them are dead. Just a great photo of two living friends.

 

[CowCavalry]

IMO 100% chance either one of them are dead. Just a great photo of two living friends.

Oh, they are both dead I can assure you............., seriously though, I agree with you, at the time of the photo, I think both were alive and kicking.

 

[Seduzal]

It looks like some pictures of Victorian era funeral dress I've seen.

To me in my opinion.. blew up the photo held it up to a mirror.. it's two men sitting side by side on a bench or porch chairs with a railing of some sort and hold a revolver. In the background there are men with hats looking in over a haft doorway!
otherwise I have no clue!

 

[7thWisconsin]

What do you think the momento pinned to the soldier´s frock is? It looks like tatted rings.

 

[JackADriscoll]

It's like gold rope

 

[Stryker65]

No drama. My answers are self explanatory, why blather when you can make your point without blathering?

You sure hate complicated interface...

 

[7thWisconsin]

It's like gold rope

It looks like a short length of tatted rings. (Tatting is an old form of lace art where the lace is formed by knots and loops. It was often used for edging on clothing, pillows and home decorations.) It seems like the kind of thing a girlfriend would give him. Do you think it´s gold? What would white, off-white, or even yellow show up as?