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[Drummer Philo H. Ravlin of Co. I, 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment in uniform with drum] (LOC)

[Drummer Philo H. Ravlin of Co. I, 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment in uniform with drum]

 

1861, 1914.

 

2 photographs in 1 frame : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 12 x 9 cm, frame 35 x 40 cm.

 

Notes:

Photographs show identified man as a young soldier in 1861 and as a veteran in 1914.

Title devised by Library staff.

Notation on recto: "Yours truly, P.H. Ravlin, General Grant's drummer." DLC

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072)

Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Civil War Badges, Woodstock, Georgia, April 2016.

Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

Ravlin, Philo H.,--1843-1919.

United States.--Army.--Illinois Infantry Regiment, 47th (1861-1864)--People.

Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.

Veterans--Union--1910-1920.

Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.

Musicians--1860-1870.

Musicians--1910-1920.

Drums (Musical instruments)--1860-1870.

Drums (Musical instruments)--1910-1920.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Union.

 

Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1880.

Portrait photographs--1910-1920.

Photographic prints--1860-1880.

Photographic prints--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.52009

 

Call Number: LOT 14043-18, no. 1

 

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Uploaded on November 9, 2018
Taken circa 1861