April 5, 2024
Confederate Major Harry Gilmor CDV Monumental Photo Co Baltimore Period Photo
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This is a nice CDV, 2 7/16 by 4 inches, of the Confederate cavalry Major and Captain Harry Gilmor of Maryland standing in full uniform with his sword. The photographer is The Monumental Photograph Company No. 178 W. Baltimore St. BALTIMORE MD. This CDV is from an intact, straight from the attic, album that was assembled by a member of Governor Wise of Virginia's family. The album page has "Capt. Harry Gilmour M (d?). It is in good condition with no marks or damage. This is an original period image, but like many of these celebrity images it was made from another photo. This is a good period copy of a very nice photo, but it is poorly crafted, with part of the original photo's border visible and the photo glued on the mount crooked. The face of the original album page will be included in the auction if desired. I will be posting many other Confederate images in the next several days. Please check my other auctions. I am always happy to answer any questions or to supply additional photos. I don't end auctions early or add BINs to auctions that don't already have them.I have been going through some other papers from the attic, and it appears that The owner might have been mistaken about the origin of the album. The papers that I was looking at weren't from Gov. Wise, but from his cousin General Peyton Wise. There were a number of draft
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