George O. Ennis photograph

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Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Preferred citation:

George O. Ennis Photograph, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet 1 legal size folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

George O. Ennis Photograph, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The photograph is of George O. Ennis, a photographer and Civil War (1861-1865) soldier in Virginia's 19th Infantry. The photograph is a carte de visite (cdV) which is a type of small photograph patented in Paris, France by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero. In the photograph, Ennis is wearing a suit with a striped bow-tie The photograph was produced in 1872 by the C.R. Rees & Co. studio in Richmond, Virginia.

The series contains a photograph of George O. Ennis, a photographer and Civil War (1861-1865) soldier in Virginia's 19th Infantry. The photograph is a carte de visite (cdV) which is a type of small photograph patented in Paris, France by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero. In the photograph, Ennis is wearing a suit with a striped bow-tie The photograph was produced in 1872 by the C.R. Rees & Co. studio in Richmond, Virginia.

A photograph of George O. Ennis, a photographer and Civil War (1861-1865) soldier in Virginia's 19th Infantry. The photograph is a carte de visite (cdV) which is a type of small photograph patented in Paris, France by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero. In the photograph, Ennis is wearing a suit with a striped bow-tie The photograph was produced in 1872 by the C.R. Rees & Co. studio in Richmond, Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

George O. Ennis served in Civil War (1861-1865) as a confederate soldier in Virginia's 19th infrantry and was a stereoscopic photographer. The 19th Virginia Infrantry regiment was trained for service for the Confederate States of America. The men in the 19th Virginia Infrantry were primarily from Charlottesville, Albemarle, Nelson, and Amherst Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Purchased with the Nell Richardson Tonkin Fund.
Processing information:

The collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions and acquisitions to the collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard