The
Library of Congress’ valuable collection of photographs has been enhanced by
the Liljenquist family’s donation of many Civil War photos. Tom Liljenquist of
McLean, Va., and his three sons began collecting photographs of Civil War
soldiers 15 years ago and recently donated them — about 1,000 tintypes and
ambrotypes of both Confederate and Union soldiers — to the Library of Congress.
Only
a few photos have been identified, but an interesting website provides details on how clues in some photos can
lead to a discovery of names to associate with those images.
Read
the full article.
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