Wet Collodion Photography: Chemical Bottles

Photo: Brian Ireley, Smithsonian
August 13, 2012
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Photo: Brian Ireley, Smithsonian

A sampling of photographic chemical bottles used for wet collodion photography during the Civil War, part of the photo exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, “Experience Civil War Photography: From the Home Front to the Battlefront,” on display in the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. beginning Aug. 1, 2012.