Rare photo . . . Heiss Diorama

Curvin Heiss was an early pioneer of 54mm ACW diorama making. The above photo depicts a small diorama Curvin did in the early 1950's for the Lincoln Room Museum on the town square in Gettysburg, PA. The diorama was removed from the museum and sold at auction in 2005. Curvin's most famous diorama was The Original Gettysburg Battlefield Diorama at the Dobbin House in Gettysburg. Curvin used Bussler 54mm and TruCraft 54mm figures predominately in his dioramas. The above photo, while of a lesser known work, is a rare glimpse into the state of diorama expression in the 1950's.