Historical Indulgences

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman looking at a daguerreotype]

via the Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

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This blog is a collection of images and clips regarding history, especially in regards to 19th century American history and the Civil War. They are from a variety of collections, public, academic and private. There's the occasional emphasis on Ulysses S Grant, as well. In addition, all things antiquated, macabre, and grotesque.

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