Vote For the March Cover of the AC

[Mcguire]

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I've always liked the first image of Brian and Kiev, in fact I covet that double breasted coat that Kiev is sporting. Although the image of Kaelin and company is good, the enlisted men look a little stiff and posed. The last image really conveys a realistic and candid shot that might have been captured unbeknownst to the subjects. I didn't get a chance to read the story behind this image, but to me it looks like it was taken outside a hospital and the subjects are close to completing their convalescence. For these reasons it gets my vote.

[clconboy]

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VRC gets my vote :)

[Swag]

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Thanks Chris!

[SusquehannaRifles]

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Its nice to see an "authentic" VRC impression. Three is my vote!

[FranklinGuardsNYSM]

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Sorry to beat Garrison to the punch, but...I thought the point was to illustrate the WHY and WHEREFORE of our choices, beyond "I liked Number 47."

To me, numbers three and four are the strongest. Three, because of the VRC impressions, which are refreshing to see on anyone other than a 70+ year-old. A huge interpretive point that your usual VRC re-enactor misses is that a 19-year-old soldier could have been disabled in some way, and instantly qualify for "membership."

The composition and technique in four are superb, as are the poses. Again, it's always good to see pictures that look like they were chosen by the photographer, not commissioned by the models.

[DougCooper]

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Again, it's always good to see pictures that look like they were chosen by the photographer, not commissioned by the models.

Exactly - been searching for those very words since the AC cover thing got started. Well said comrade.

[pvtbordonaro]

Background of Image Number Four

Marc,
You were exactly right when you wrote, "Again, it's always good to see pictures that look like they were chosen by the photographer, not commissioned by the models." In fact, none of the guys in that image had paid for it or asked to have it made. We were running the enlisted men's kitchen at Fort Delaware and were asked by Mr. Szabo to pose for him, he being on Pea Patch island taking images. All of us were exhausted. It was August and we had been virtually living in the kitchen for two days, preparing and serving meals to approximately 150 soldiers. We served authentic meals, cooked over a reproduction of a stove found on the Cairo. We were happy to have a chance to take a breather! Rich Hill was portraying a prisoner who had deserted, hence the "D" on his sack coat. Most people know that Fort Delaware was used to hold prisoners of war, but not everyone knows that Army prisoners were held there also. Mark Hintzen portrayed the company cook's assistant and I was the lucky devil who got to portray the company cook! Actually, the main cooking was done by a fellow who cooks for a living named Reid (last name escapes me), so the food was not only authentic but actually edible (don't know how authentic that was!). We were there to improve the authenticity of the meals that were served during the annual "Garrison Days" event and I've been told that we succeeded. The fellow sitting in the window was one of the troops that we fed that weekend. I've been told that he is a fellow named Jack from the 3rd NJ. My most vivid memory of that experience was the complete exhaustion I felt after working like a dog in that kitchen all weekend. My hat is off to company cooks and their helpers!
-Joe Bordonaro,
PS That ax was not a prop. I had just used it to chop more wood for the kitchen stove. Fort Delaware does have some good reproduction items out there and the ax is one of them. Or maybe it's a refurbished original.

[-Jesse-]

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Can i vote for all four???lol

[2nd Lt. Samuel Teague]

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Number 3's guy with the fu man chu moustache just wasn't doing it for me, so I went with #4

[FranklinGuardsNYSM]

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Number 3's guy with the fu man chu moustache just wasn't doing it for me, so I went with #4

Doesn't bother me...

[Fenianboy]

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Marc, Neat photo.....tons of hat brass......42's and big moustaches!!! Thanks for posting it.

[Ken]

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Marc,

Excellent image. Very clear. You can even see the soldiers watch key hanging off the end of the chain

[Ken]

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Joe,

Recognized you and Mark H. I also voted for #4 because of the fantastic setting (you can't beat Ft. Delaware for the period look) and also for the natural pose of the soldiers. It does make you wonder what is going on in the image, like many original images do. In this case the soldier is alive to give us a first hand account. Pretty neat.

Marc,
You were exactly right when you wrote, "Again, it's always good to see pictures that look like they were chosen by the photographer, not commissioned by the models." In fact, none of the guys in that image had paid for it or asked to have it made. We were running the enlisted men's kitchen at Fort Delaware and were asked by Mr. Szabo to pose for him, he being on Pea Patch island taking images. All of us were exhausted. It was August and we had been virtually living in the kitchen for two days, preparing and serving meals to approximately 150 soldiers. We served authentic meals, cooked over a reproduction of a stove found on the Cairo. We were happy to have a chance to take a breather! Rich Hill was portraying a prisoner who had deserted, hence the "D" on his sack coat. Most people know that Fort Delaware was used to hold prisoners of war, but not everyone knows that Army prisoners were held there also. Mark Hintzen portrayed the company cook's assistant and I was the lucky devil who got to portray the company cook! Actually, the main cooking was done by a fellow who cooks for a living named Reid (last name escapes me), so the food was not only authentic but actually edible (don't know how authentic that was!). We were there to improve the authenticity of the meals that were served during the annual "Garrison Days" event and I've been told that we succeeded. The fellow sitting in the window was one of the troops that we fed that weekend. I've been told that he is a fellow named Jack from the 3rd NJ. My most vivid memory of that experience was the complete exhaustion I felt after working like a dog in that kitchen all weekend. My hat is off to company cooks and their helpers!
-Joe Bordonaro,
PS That ax was not a prop. I had just used it to chop more wood for the kitchen stove. Fort Delaware does have some good reproduction items out there and the ax is one of them. Or maybe it's a refurbished original.

[pvtbordonaro]

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Friends,
Art Stone has identified the "fellow in the window" of image #4. He is Jack DeMetro, of the 3rd NJ. Thanks, Art.
-Joe Bordonaro

[Chad Wrinn]

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No much for yankees but I like the Veteran Reserve Corps impression, my goes to number 3
Chad