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<p>[QUOTE="OakandThistle, post: 3920482, member: 19246"]I have a photo of Abraham Lincoln on battle-field of Antietam, October, 1862. While it is not an original, it is a 2nd generation. Does that make it any more valuable than say a 100th generation in today’s digital world? It is a lessor known photo by Gardner taken at McClellan’s camp in Oct. 1862. (Though the back states it was Oct. 2nd, other sources say Oct, 3rd.). The back states that this is a “photograph copy” of the original albumin print in the possession of Mrs. Lucy Orme Morgan of Bloomington, Illinois, the daughter of General William W. Orme a many years intimate friend of Mr. Lincoln. It is approx. 5x7 inches in an old card frame labeled “United Photo Shop, Bloomington, Ill.” I obtained this photo while living near Bloomington 15-20 years ago from a friend ... he told me it was a family piece. The basic question is ... at what generation of a photo is it merely decorative? Have I reached it at 2nd?[ATTACH=full]321759[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]321760[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]321761[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]321762[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="OakandThistle, post: 3920482, member: 19246"]I have a photo of Abraham Lincoln on battle-field of Antietam, October, 1862. While it is not an original, it is a 2nd generation. Does that make it any more valuable than say a 100th generation in today’s digital world? It is a lessor known photo by Gardner taken at McClellan’s camp in Oct. 1862. (Though the back states it was Oct. 2nd, other sources say Oct, 3rd.). The back states that this is a “photograph copy” of the original albumin print in the possession of Mrs. Lucy Orme Morgan of Bloomington, Illinois, the daughter of General William W. Orme a many years intimate friend of Mr. Lincoln. It is approx. 5x7 inches in an old card frame labeled “United Photo Shop, Bloomington, Ill.” I obtained this photo while living near Bloomington 15-20 years ago from a friend ... he told me it was a family piece. The basic question is ... at what generation of a photo is it merely decorative? Have I reached it at 2nd?[ATTACH=full]321759[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]321760[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]321761[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]321762[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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