Civil war photo-??

[Ed Smurf]

Something strange in this photo...or maybe it's me?

 

[green]

Some early photo methods transposed sides left for right.

 

[Coachgun67]

Flintlock in civil war??

CG

 

[Wileecoyote]

I can't figure out how to load pictures, but I found this pic that seems to show similar flint-locks at top and third from the bottom indicating that some were used in the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle...gheny_County_Soldiers_Memorial_-_IMG_1525.JPG

 

[JP]

More so by the South in the early months of the War used Flintlocks or anything that could shoot. Those were quickly replaced by brand new rifled percussion Springfield Muskets only droped once by their former Yankee owners!

 

[tiriaq]

As noted, some flintlocks were used early on, mostly Model 1816s. Many were converted to percussion, and continued in use, even though smoothbore. Model 1842 smoothbore percussion muskets remained in use. Some .69 smoothbore muskets were rifled, to use Minie bullets. Many smoothbore muskets were used by both sides. Production of ball and buck, the preferred smoothbore load, was intensive.
And back to the photo - the technology of the period produced a reversed image.

 

[Ed Smurf]

Thanks for the comments...but lock is on left side...did they make lefties back then? Photo shop? Can the image be reversed if that's what it is?

 

[tiriaq]

Thanks for the comments...but lock is on left side...did they make lefties back then? Photo shop? Can the image be reversed if that's what it is?

Photo technology produced the reversed image. That is just how it was. Images being reproduced from the originals can be corrected.

 

[okcorral1881]

Thanks for the comments...but lock is on left side...did they make lefties back then? Photo shop? Can the image be reversed if that's what it is?

That's what Tiriaq said "And back to the photo - the technology of the period produced a reversed image".


*** Oups Tiriaq was online even tough his green light was off!

 

[billbmcleod]

Photo technology produced the reversed image. That is just how it was. Images being reproduced from the originals can be corrected.

You can reverse the image but not change what is in it. Left hand lock either way.

 

[ArmedGinger]

Thanks for the comments...but lock is on left side...did they make lefties back then? Photo shop? Can the image be reversed if that's what it is?

This is why for years everyone thought Billy The Kid was left handed, due to the picture being reversed.

 

[theDuck]

I was sure it is a left hand lock too. Then I got a mirror and put it out a couple of feet from the monitor and looked at the image in the mirror. That left hand lock became a right hand lock. Reversing the image does change what hand the lock is. Try it with the mirror.

 

[ArmedGinger]

Here is what the photographer would have actually been seeing:

 

[Ed Smurf]

Too bad.... I was kind of hoping it was real.

I wonder if the photographers realized the implications of their work. Most photos of the era are "normal", but not all. Was there some reason to this?

 

[ArmedGinger]

Here is the photo of Billy The Kid which caused everyone to believe he was left handed. Until someone noticed the loading gate of the rifle was on the wrong side....

 

[okcorral1881]

Too bad.... I was kind of hoping it was real.

I wonder if the photographers realized the implications of their work. Most photos of the era are "normal", but not all. Was there some reason to this?

Because those are tintypes and are not produced from a negative, the images are mirrored. The reason you’ll see belt buckles with S.U. With a reversed S.

 

[tacfoley]

Notwithstanding the usual image reversal of a tintype photograph, it was common for the photographer to provide a photographic prop - many photographs I've seen show soldiers and officers holding two different revolvers.

 

[tiriaq]

Too bad.... I was kind of hoping it was real.

I wonder if the photographers realized the implications of their work. Most photos of the era are "normal", but not all. Was there some reason to this?

Are you referring to original photos or published reproductions of them? if the latter, they may have been corrected.

 

[Tyockell18]

Flintlock in civil war??

CG

I was under the impression that Flinters were still being used in the early stages when push came to shove.

 

[sail32]

In the rush to arm their troops, the North and South were buying and issuing anything that would shoot.

The arming of the North and South makes interesting reading.