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Rating |
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Title |
Alf. Davis. |
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Alternative Title |
[Second Lieutenant Alf Davis, Confederate States Army] |
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Creator |
Fairfield & Son |
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Date |
ca. 1870s-1880s |
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Date (EDTF) |
187x~/188x~ |
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Decade |
1870-1879
1880-1889 |
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Part Of |
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection |
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Series |
Series 2: Cartes de Visite |
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Place |
Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia; Tyler, Smith County, Texas |
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Description |
Carte de visite is presumably a post-war copy of a cased image. Alf Davis served under battery commander James P. Douglas as a member of the Douglas First Texas Battery, variously known as the Dallas Light Artillery, the Good-Douglas Battery, and Douglas's Battery, which became the only unit of Texas artillery to serve east of the Mississippi River. |
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Notes |
Recto: [imprint] Fairfield & Son, Portrait & Art Studio, Milledgeville, GA.; Verso: [written in ink] Alf. Davis original taken June 10th 1861[?] at Tyler Texas, copy made Nov 7, 18[?]4 Milledgeville, Ga. |
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Related Resources |
Finding aid: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00085/smu-00085.html |
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Keywords |
soldiers; men; military; cups; guns; Southwest; U.S. West |
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Physical Description |
1 photographic print on carte de visite mount: gelatin silver; 10 x 6 cm |
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Form/Genre |
Cartes de visite
Gelatin silver prints
Photographs
Portraits |
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Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2011 |
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Digital Format |
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg |
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Archival File Resolution |
Archival scan: 3172 w x 5166 h pixels, 48-bit RGB |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Scanned using an Epson V750 Pro, 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tif; derivative resampled to 3000 pixels on long side, 24-bit .jpg |
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Physical Location |
Series 2; Box 1 |
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Call Number |
Ag2008.0005 |
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Upload File Name |
ag2008_0005_2_1_009_c_davis_opt.jpg |
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Archival File Name(s) |
ag2008_0005_2_1_009_r_davis.tif; ag2008_0005_2_1_009_v_davis.tif |
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Digital Collection |
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs |
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Library |
DeGolyer Library |
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Publisher |
Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. |
