Rare! CIVIL War Union Traveling Photographer F. J. Aiken CDV Photo 1864

  
CIVIL WAR UNION TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHER F. CIVIL WAR UNION TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHER F. DISTINGUISHED MASSACHUSETTS MAN FROM THE CONCORD / CAMBRIDGE AREA POSES IN F.

MAMMOTH TRAVELLING SALOON (PHOTO STUDIO) FOR A CDV PHOTOGRAPH. A TRAVELING PHOTO SALOON WAS SIMILAR TO TODAYS TRAVEL TRAILERS DRAWN BY HORSES. IT WAS DRIVEN FROM TOWN TO TOWN AND INCLUDED AN INDOOR PHOTO STUDIO AND DARK ROOM FOR DEVELOPING PHOTOGRAPHS.

(MAMMOTH = MEANING VERY LARGE). PHOTOGRAPHER STAMP ON THE REVERSE. Aiken was a photographer during the civil war between in the area of Concord and Cambridge, Massachusetts. SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.