Figure 1.-- This is William J. Walsh during the 1860s. The colorized portrait us undated but looks like the 1860s. Note the cllar-buttoning coatvand small white color. Images like this help to give us an idea of the color of suits in the black-and-white photography.

This is for a Civil War Era hand-colored albumen photograph by well known Philadelphia Civil War and after photographers Wenderoth & Taylor showing a boy posing with an American flag. Despite the Civil War, images like this with a flagwere no common. There is written info. on the back "William J. Walsh Father of Kathryn M. Walsh Glenn. Taken when he was a Young boy. He was born in Phila,Penna". There is also label affixed on the back with photographers credit "Wenderoth & Taylor late Broadbend & Co. Nos. 912, 914, & 916 Chesnut Street Philadelphia". One interesting aspect of the portrait is the color of William's suit. There of course was no color photography. Thus we are not sure what color of clothese the boys are wearing in the old back-and-wite photography used in HBC. Here the boy's suit is grey. Gien the effort expended on the fl, we suspect that this was an accurate depiction. Note that there does not seem to be a pattern in the fabric.

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