[Private Hiram L. Barrett of Co. K, 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment in uniform with bayoneted musket, and nine-month-old girl, Marrie]

[United States] ; 1862.

2 photographs in 1 case : hand-colored ambrotype ; plate 85 x 70 mm (sixth plate format), case 96 x 83 mm.

Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Date scratched into the surface of the photograph of Hiram L. Barrett. Date of photograph of baby may be ca. 1853 or ca. 1869. United States Federal Census of 1870 records two Mary Barretts in the household, one born in 1852 and the other born in 1868. Case: Berg, no. 1-99. Caption behind photograph of girl: Marrie 9 months. Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling. For more information see: (www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html) Photograph shows identified soldier and girl. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2013; (D067) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).

Subjects: Barrett, Hiram L,--1839-1934. United States.--Army.--Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865)--People. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870. Rifles--1860-1870. Bayonets--1860-1870. Infants--1860-1870. Families--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.

Format: Group portraits--1860-1870. Portrait photographs--1860-1870. Ambrotypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518 Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519

More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.37474