1861. "Washington, District of Columbia. Tent life of the 31st (later, 82nd) Pennsylvania Infantry at Queen's Farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum." View full size. Wet-plate glass negative, left half of stereo pair, photographer unknown.
1861. "Soldiers of Company G, 71st New York Volunteers, in front of Sibley tent." Wet plate glass negative, left half of stereograph pair. Photographer unknown. Civil War glass negative collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
April 7, 1910. "Stanley Ketchel in boxing pose." The middleweight champion, aka the "Michigan Assassin," in an unusual choice of attire six months before he was killed by a Missouri ranch hand. G.G. Bain Collection. View full size.
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