1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: John Wilkes Booth seated view, holding riding crop between his legs

Ink inscription on recto "Wilkes Booth." Photographers imprint on verso: "New York Photograph Gallery, No. 122 & 124 South Clark St. Chicago, Ill. E. Ross, Prop'r. P.O. Box 3381 Duplicates of this Photograph can be had at any time."

GLC05111.02.0124

1865 ca.

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Photograph

Title: John Wilkes Booth seated view with chin resting on right hand

Imprint on recto "C.D. Fredricks & Co. N.Y." Ink inscription on verso "Booth, John Wilkes." Photographers imprint on verso: "C.D. Fredricks & Co. 587 Broadway New York 108 Calle de la Habana Habana 31 Passage du Havre Paris."

GLC05111.02.0125

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Seated view of actress who performed the night Lincoln was shot

Graphite inscription on verso "Laura Keene."

GLC05111.02.0128

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Standing full view of actress who performed the night Lincoln was shot

Ink inscription on verso "Laura Keene." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0129

1946 ca.

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

Print

Title: Reproduction of painting, inscribed by Beatrice A. Patton to the Stockdales

Inscribed by Patton's wife, Beatrice Ayer Patton, to the Stockdales, with a short note to them both on the verso.

GLC06760.28

1890/08/31

Hassam, Childe, fl. 1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Clemint re: an obituary

"Please keep my impressionistic prose as it is."

GLC06718

1825/07/11

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [John Henry Sheburne] re: the art of portraiture

Returning a portrait of John Paul Jones by Charles Willson Peale (neither named in the letter) which he borrowed. Jefferson comments "I do not wonder that Commodore Dale and myself think differently of it's likeness to the same original. My opinion is that no two persons looking at the same face ever sees exactly the same features." With one-third of the address-leaf stub (not including the address). Recipient and portrait identified by Papers of Jefferson. Written in Monticello

GLC06751

1784 ca.

Godefroy, François, 1743-1819

Book

Title: Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenements...

"...de la guerre qui a procure l'independance aux Etats Unis de l'Amerique." 16 engraved copper plates of revolutionary designs by Godefroy, Fauvel, Wiliam, Laussan, and le Paon. Prints include Lexington, Saratoga, and Yorktown. Other designs depict world events including Dominque, Senegal, Grenada, Pensacola, Tobago, St. Eusthanasius, Ft. St. Phiippe and "Brimstonhill." Also includes maps showing colonies, population spread and an allegorical precis of the treaty of peace.

GLC06551

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt (in full-length profile) presenting Frederic Remington's statue of a bronco (on table behind Roosevelt)

Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front,

GLC07002.63

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: View of Roosevelt facing camera, presenting Remington statue.

Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.64

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Three-quarter profile of Roosevelt presenting Remington statue.

Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front . Same image as GLC07002.64, but with the top-left and top-right corners folded.

GLC07002.65

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt addressing Rough Riders while presenting Remington statue.

View of statue is unobscured. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.66

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: View from crowd of Roosevelt speaking to Rough Riders while presenting Remington statue.

Caption " Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.67

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: View from crowd of Roosevelt at head of receiving line upon presentation of Remington statue.

Group of women visible at back of crowd nearest the camera.

GLC07002.68

1862/08/05

Ames, Joseph, 1816-1872

Photograph

Title: [James T. Brady]

Photograph of a portrait painting of Brady by Joseph Ames held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

GLC01822.03

n.d.

Bickwell, W. H. W., fl. 1850-1865

Print

Title: [Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

Print of a pen and ink drawing of Lincoln from the waist up without a beard. Issued to the members of the Bibliophile Society.

GLC08879.01.03

1858/06/15

Print

Title: [Print of pen and ink drawing of Lincoln delivering a speech]

A date of June 15, 1858 is written in pencil. Print is signed Watt.

GLC08879.01.05

February 10, 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

V-Mail

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

V-Mail: Written at work. Sylvia saw a film at work and then they were let go at 1:00 PM because there was no heat. She and a co-worker, Ruth, went to the Brooklyn Paramount and saw Preston Sturges' "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek." She will be going to the Draft Board again tonight, has a very difficult interview to conduct.

GLC09414.0156

February 18, 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia stopped at Bess' house on her way home from Moe's Mom's. Draws pictures of how she went to work and served breakfast at the canteen for Allied War Relief. Shows her working in Intake. Then goes to his mother's for dinner, stops at Bess M's house and then home. Left his parents the picture he had sent her of himself. Received his letters from London. Hopes he didn't find the bombing of London too terrible, knows he can't mention it in his letters.

GLC09414.0167

1909/06/28

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to R.U. Johnson re: free art amendment to tariff bill

Taft proposes that he will most likely be able to prevent the free art amendment from being altered in committee. He does state, however, that the 20 year proviso might not be as detrimental to the bill as Johnson might think.

GLC07896

1862/11-1863/10

Chaffee, Samuel J., fl. 1862-1863

Autograph manuscript

Title: Diary of Captain Samuel J. Chaffee, Co. D, 49th Mass. Volunteers.

Seige of Port Hudson, battle descriptions, black soldiers, sketches, etc.

GLC07921