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to Sir (George Ladd)

She says she is too young to marry. She wants his picture so she can see if he really is good-looking.

GLC03057.06

to Celicia Paul

Paul tells Celicia that he enjoys writing to her and that he thinks of her often. He says that he wanted to get a picture taken to send to her, but the paymaster has been held back and he does not have any money to pay for a photograph. Paul then...

GLC03058.10

Stereocard viewer (hand-held)

Composed of wood, metal, and fabric.

GLC08876

Portraits of historical figures: engravings, lithographs, photographs &c.

Short separate lists of images available. This artificially formed collection of engravings, lithographs, photogravures, photo-offset and halftones was put together in the 1970s and 1980s. Every signer of the Declaration of Independence and the...

GLC08878

Collection of prints, engravings, cartoons depicting Abraham Lincoln and others [Decimalized .01- .11]

GLC08879.01

Illinois State Journal + Lincoln collateral (engravings, photos, etc.)

Includes oval print (mezzotint?) of Lincoln published by J.W. Whatley, London; two oval lithographs of Lincoln from Bufford's Print Publishing House, Boston; a keepsake of the Lincoln Memorial compliments of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (n.d.); a...

GLC08879.02

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 9, no. 447 (July 22, 1865)]

Includes engravings of the execution of Lincoln conspirators, portraits of Lewis Payne, David Harold, J.W. Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt, and image of Surratt's home in Washington, D.C.
Highlights the consecration of the Gettysburg monument of July 4...

GLC08748.04

to Henry T. Tackerman

Badeau thanks Tackerman for his photographs of President Ulysses S. Grant and for a pleasant note Tackerman wrote, and declares that Grant was gratified and appreciative. Letter written on Executive Mansion stationery.

GLC01596.05

to Gaston

Colonel Mosby, the former Confederate leader, describes a cordial meeting with President Theodore Roosevelt, the loss of his hat, boots, overcoat and cape in 1864, when captured by the 13th New York Cavalry, and the return of his hat. He discusses...

GLC01653

to John Cullen Bryant

Replying to a letter from Bryant, received the day before, George Dewey comments, "I have to say that I do not consider the picture you send a good one. What I regard as the best obtainable photograph of myself..shows me in white uniform, with cap."...

GLC00273.03