Portraits of unidentified veterans by C.M. Bell in Washington DC

chubachus

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There are a bunch of negatives of probable Civil War veterans taken between the 1870's and 1910's in C.M. Bell's Washington DC studio which are unidentified at LOC. He seems to have became something of the premiere photographer in Washington DC after the decline of Mathew Brady's business. More about Bell here: https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2017/04/c-m-bell-studio-collection-newly-digitized-portraits/

Here is the first one I've come across:

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Cannot edit my first post anymore, I wanted to add: does anyone recognize any of the medals he is wearing?

Veteran wearing GAR buttons:

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