Waving the Flag in Connecticut
SOLD November 2014 |
Civil-War era CDV-format albumen print showing a woman in stars-and-stripes costume holding an American flag. With photographer's imprint on reverse reading "Filley & Gilbert / 337 Chapel Street / New Haven, Conn."
This flag and costume might have been adopted for a variety of patriotic occasions.
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