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[Northern Light]

Wow, this was fascinating watching how this identification was accomplished! What team work! I learned about a lot of knew research resources just following the thread. I am very impressed!

 

[Mike Serpa]

LOL, I should have waited. Glad you guys figured it out. I was approaching it enhancing the name and date scratched into the original. I was working from the largest resolution photo I could find. The date is 12.3.65 and you see the lhan in this cropped image. View attachment 42773

Good job. What software did you use?

 

[Mike Serpa]

Wow, this was fascinating watching how this identification was accomplished! What team work! I learned about a lot of knew research resources just following the thread. I am very impressed!

Yes, a very good group of people on this site! From not Banks to Ammen to not Ammen to Porter to not Porter to Milhan. All in less than 24 hours with teamwork! Thanks again, all.

 

[rbasin]

Yes, a very good group of people on this site! From not Banks to Ammen to not Ammen to Porter to not Porter to Milhan. All in less than 24 hours with teamwork! Thanks again, all.

Now, can we please get back to the fighting and back-biting?

 

[cromagnondan]

Good job. What software did you use?

I use a little known program called Jpeg Imager. Its purpose is to compress JPEG images, but one can use any graphic program and achieve similar results. I don't know that it is science. It's just adjusting contrast, unsharp mask, and edge enhance until one can see something in the shadows. Have you noticed that most civil war prints have too much contrast? Its a side-effect of the wet plate colloidal/tintype process. Too much black. e.g. blacks and reds are black. The computer can bring the details out of the shadows provided one can get a good scan. I didn't try enhancing the photo posted here, I went to the LOC site to find a larger image.