Tag: USMRR photographic car

Abdill, Civil War Railroads, p140: Coonley’s photographic car… contained darkroom and living facitilies, including a stove, cooking gear, bunks for five men, and a barrel of water, the latter serving both the domestic and photographic needs of the outfit. In his reminiscences, a member of this entourage recalls that the staple items of the bill of fare aboard the photographic train were tough mule meat and boiled potatoes.