Six surgeons (collage)

[Mike Serpa]

1) Jedediah H. Baxter, 12th Mass. Inf.
2) Timothy M. Cheeseman, 7th N.Y. S.M.
3) William B. Crandall, 16th N.Y. Inf.
4) Charles S. Goodrich, 102nd N.Y. Inf.
5) John B. Laidley, 85th Pa. Inf.
6) Solomon Van Etten, 56th N.Y. Vol. Inf.

 

[LoriAnn]

Do I see stands behind numbers 2 and 3?

When I first learned of those, I thought they were only used for post-mortem photographs. Then I read that they were never used for that and instead only used by living subjects.

Still unclear about it, mostly because I get creeped out if I read too much about the subject, but these photos ~ assuming those are indeed stands ~ would obviously point to the latter.

*Note: This was not my first idea for a response. My first was, "This looks a menu!" I'll have a number 3 with a small fry and a small chocolate shake. Thanks!

 

[Mike Serpa]

Yes, you see stands. Lori, you need to get out more. Go to classy restaurant that don't got picture menu. Seriously, I looked for different stands and found two. Possibly three or four but it's hard to tell.

Capt. Sylvester Nicoll, U.S. Navy, 1st N.Y. Marine Art'y

Thomas Church Haskell Smith, 1st Ohio Cav.

General Montgomery Meigs

Col. Charles W. Roberts, 2nd Maine Vol. Inf.

 

[LoriAnn]

Lori, you need to get out more. Go to classy restaurant that don't got picture menu.

Isn't that the truth!

I wonder how those worked. Did they lean against them? Was the stand snaked up the back of their coats? How hard was it to hold still for a photo ~ did they really need a stand at all?

(Just thinking out loud, Mike. I don't expect you to answer all my questions. I shall flex my Google-Fu muscles and see what I can find. Initial searches turn up more post-mortems. Fun!)

 

[chellers]

Beautiful work, Mike.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Isn't that the truth!

I wonder how those worked. Did they lean against them? Was the stand snaked up the back of their coats? How hard was it to hold still for a photo ~ did they really need a stand at all?

(Just thinking out loud, Mike. I don't expect you to answer all my questions. I shall flex my Google-Fu muscles and see what I can find. Initial searches turn up more post-mortems. Fun!)

A black belt at Google-Fu? I'm keeping my distance!