OK, so now I'll be distracted until getting that answered. Wonder what was the case? It's a fair point that doing business with the enemy would be frowned upon- still, it's business. Hmmm. It may also have been a little intimidating to have THE general in charge walk into your studio and say ' NO '. It's all very well to make the patriotic, defiant speeches we read of but really, would a business owner always put that above the possibility of losing everything, making a family vulnerable and maybe going to jail?
Having said that, I know pre-war connection existed across the board that must have been tough to break. JPK's family had a ton of connections in Richmond, for instance. When his brother ended up a civilian prisoner there, there was a lot of head scratching ' what to do ', those connections now a part of the Confederate government. Has to have been difficult when friends and business associates were suddenly expected to behave to each other as if they were enemies?
Ah yes- same. NE does, or did become awfully beige post Labor Day. I still want to know who makes this stuff up in the first place.