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[Cabinet photograph of William Tecumseh Sherman]

[1860 ca.]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Inscription on verso reads: Given [to] Aunt Eliza by Judge David Daris[?] of Illinois (Bloomington) who nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency.

GLC02865

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Engraving

MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11th. 1814.

1816/07/04

Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848

Engraved and published by Tanner and printed by Rosner & Eskr. The defeat of the British at the Battle of Plattsburg thwarted Sir George Prevost's planned invasion of the United States through the Hudson Valley and strengthened the American...

GLC02810

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Photograph signed

Carte de visite of Robert Anderson

1861 ca.

Lewis, R.A., fl. 1861

Signed as Brigadier General. Bust portrait.

GLC02985

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Photograph

Portrait of Black soldier Private Co. I, 54th Mass. Infantry [ambrotype image]

1863 ca.

Unidentified soldier. (Identification based on insignia pinned on hat: "I 54".) Full length standing portrait of man sporting a moustache and carrying a bayonet and ammunition pouch on his belt. Paper and wood (floral design) case lacking cover...

GLC03027

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Photograph

2 Photographs From Series "Views In The Province of Tusayan - Northern Arizona

1879 ca.

Hillers, John K., fl. 1879

.01= "Wol-pi" is an cluster of adobe homes built on top of each other. .02= "Dancers Rock, Wol-pi" shows a flat rock poised atop a tall rock, next to some adobe. Both with label of the USG&G Survey on verso, and names written in calligraphic hand...

GLC03031

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Photograph

2 Photographs From Series "Views In The Province of Tusayan - Northern Arizona

1879 ca.

Hillers, John K., fl. 1879

.01= "The Entrance (covered way) to Shi-pau-i-luv-vi" shows adobe cluster of buildings. .02= "House of the Governor of Shi-pau-i-luv-vi" shows the same building cluster. Both with label of the USG&G Survey on verso, and names written in...

GLC03032

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Photograph

Dead soldier on a battlefield

1863 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

GLC03090.01

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Photograph

Carte de visite portrait of George Wynkoop

1864 ca.

Wynkoop, George, fl. 1864

Standing portrait of Lt. Colonel of George Wynkoop of the 98th PA Volunteers.

GLC03090.02

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Photograph

[James A. Garfield]

1864 ca.

Carte de visite portrait of Garfield in uniform, 3/4 sitting.

GLC03090.03

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Photograph

[Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]

1864 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to...

GLC02909

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Photograph

[Carte de visite portraits of Lincoln and son Tad]

1864/02

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph of Lincoln looking at a book with Tad. Variant of O-93 (looks like "bible" variant listed by Ostendorf p. 183 but with more vignette and cropping into an oval) with Brady imprint on mount and on verso.

GLC02911.01

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Photograph

[Carte de visite portrait of Robert Todd Lincoln]

1864 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Brady imprint on verso with 3 cent tax stamp; Ostendorf p. 302 dates to ca. 1864 and shows a larger version of which this is a vignetted variant. Inscription on verso reads: Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Pres. Lincoln).

GLC02911.02

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Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

1861 circa

Currier & Ives

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. View of Fort Sumter under heavy bombardment and returning fire. The United States flag stands tall in the center of the print. Fort Moultrie and...

GLC02881.15

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Photograph

Post-war photographs of Gettysburg, Antietam and Chancellorsville

1893 ca.

GLC02912.01