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Preferred Citation

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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.

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ambrotype
• American Civil War, 1861-1865
• Richmond County (Va.)--History