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Camp Life [militia unit?]

No identification. Label on front. "1668 War Scenes. Camp Life." A regiment of soldiers in a field in marching formation. Officers wear dark uniforms and the soldiers wear light uniforms with dark stripes on the seams of the pants, white gloves and...

GLC05137.204

Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters....

C. A. Palmer. A group of soldiers among their tents. Label on back: "Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters in distance." Label on back includes information for the developing of the negative.

GLC05137.205

The Battlefield of Bull Run

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Soldiers and part of a Battery, on the Battlefield of 'Bull Run.'" One cannon in place and it appear

GLC05137.207

Soldiers posing in front of building

Nineteen soldiers in an empty building, possibly a train station. Soldiers are wearing light pants with light stripes on seams and waist coats.

GLC05137.208

Soldiers posing for group portrait in a field

A group of soldiers in a field posing with guns and knapsacks.

GLC05137.209

Large group of soldiers lined up in a curve, one man wearing a medal

Twenty-eight soldiers visable in the photograph. The men are lined up single file with a gradual curve so that the men at the left hand side of the photograph is very close to the camera and the men on the right is far away. The soldier fifth from...

GLC05137.211

Soldiers in camp, debris in foreground

Group of soldiers in camp. Debris in the foreground. Many of the men are not wearing jackets.

GLC05137.212

Regiment lined up in front of brick building

Graphite inscription "Photo by Cole an Sellers." A large group of soldiers outside a brick building. "Gasworks Feneibles Co. A. 1861" in center and "Phila. Gas Works, Point Breeze" on one side. "10/05/1861 Co. A. City Gas Works Feneibles."

GLC05137.213

Camp on the Peninsula

Handwritten on back: "Camp on the Peninsula" Seemingly endless rows of tents and soldiers milling among them. Clothes are draped over a tent in the foreground on the left hand side of the photograph.

GLC05137.214

Picket Guard with Prisoners, near [Lewinsville]

Label on front: "Picket Guard with Prisoners, near . . . ." Rest of caption has been cut off but area is the same as GLC05137.178 and GLC05137.195. Two men in civilian clothes stand with a three enlisted men behind them and three officers in front...

GLC05137.215

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Taking It Easy (copy 2)

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A copy of GLC05137.202, but without label on front.

GLC05137.216

Women visiting camp and sitting near tent with a group of soldiers

No identification. Two women sitting outside a tent, holding an umbrella to shield them from the sun. Seven soldiers are under the tent.

GLC05137.217

Group portrait of soldiers and civilians in front of tent

A large group of soldiers outside a tent. Two civilian men are on the left hand side of the photograph, one of them is wearing a white "lab coat." Uniform styles of the men vary.

GLC05137.218

Planning strategy

Group of eight soldiers, probably all officers, sitting around and looking intensively at a table. A man on the right-hand side of the photograph wears a medal.

GLC05137.219

Four officers in front of a tent

Bierstadt bothers, New Bedford, Mass. Four officers with varying uniforms outside a tent. Man on far right of photograph wears light blue pants and knee boots. The man to his left wears light blue pants and waist coat. The next man wears dark...

GLC05137.221

7th N.Y. State Militia

A group of musicians outside of a tent, with rifles stacked in front of them.

GLC05137.222

Regiment fixing bayonets

No identification. A line of soldiers with fixed bayonets. A flag is in the center of the photograph. The soldiers are wearing white gloves.

GLC05137.223

Picket Guard on Alert

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: War "Army of the Potomac. Picket Guard on the Alert"

GLC05137.224

Path or Road through a forrest

No identification. Handwritten on back: "Hessian Camp"

GLC05137.225

Seventh and Twelfth Brigades at Castle Garden to Receive H.R.H

James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, Philadelphia. "The Seventh and Twelfth Regiments Drawn up in Line in Front of Castle Garden to Receive H. R. H."

GLC05137.226

Buriegh Corps Military Company

L. H. Fillmore, Whitehall, N.Y., publisher. On verso: [handwritten] Burleigh Corpse Military Co. very old". Soldiers outside a large barracks or house. Harness of the color bearers are visible. The soldiers wear white gloves.

GLC05137.227

Vignette bust portrait

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. On verso, "2275" crossed out and "2929"handwritten in.

GLC05137.228

Major General David Hunter, Bust portrait

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Inscription on verso: "Geo. H. Bowen."

GLC05137.229

Three-fourths length seated view

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. The photograph has been cropped.

GLC05137.230

Winfield Scott and wife in front of their home in Elizabeth, NJ

Handwritten on verso: "Residence of General Scott. Elizabeth NJ with [illegible]" Beneath Scott's "Winfield Scott Born in Virginia. Presidential nominee & soldiers June 13, 1786- May 29, 1866." At the bottom is handwritten the date "1866,10.20"...

GLC05137.231

Standing, three-quarters length view

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.

GLC05137.232

Seated, half-length view

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.

GLC05137.233

Seated, half-length view (copy 2)

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.

GLC05137.234

Seated, half-length view, wearing civilian clothes

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Inscription on verso: "Geo. H. Bowen."

GLC05137.235

Vignette bust portrait

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption on front: ""Gen. W.F. (Baldy) Smith, Commander of the Bloody Sixth Corps."

GLC05137.236

Lincoln and McClellan in McClellan's Tent

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption on back: "After the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, President Lincoln visited the Army of the Potomac and this view shows the president an 'Little Mac' in...

GLC05137.237

Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and Wife

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Alden Chase, Woodstock, # 117. Inscription on verso: "E.C. Ford."

GLC05137.238

Soldiers lined up with officers walking in front of them

Soldiers lined up in the street. Two officers walk in front of the troops, perhaps reviewing them. A row of houses and stores stands behind them and people are looking out the windows. A few signs on the buildings are legible. On a plain, cream...

GLC05137.244

National Guard camp. Four men near a tent. With Maltese cross emblem on tent

No identification. Handwritten on back: "S.M. Mitchell, M.D., L. Johnson, J. W. Fritz, Bethlehem, Pa. July 1860, Camp of the National Guard." One man lies on a make-shift bed just inside a tent. Another man sits beside him, another leans against...

GLC05137.246

National Guard camp. Soldiers and young boy in uniform sitting inside a tent

No identification. Handwritten on back: "July 1860. Capt. Durang, Capt. Jas. W. McLeddy & Son George, Bethelem, Pa., 1860." The men are both wearing white pants. On a plain, cream colored mount.

GLC05137.247

National Guard camp. Lone soldier in a field wearing harness for drum or flag

A single soldier standing at attention. Handwritten on verso: "Capt. Wm. K. Mcferrier, Camp Scene, Behtlehem, Pa. 1860, National Guards" On a plain, cream colored mount.

GLC05137.248

National guard in camp at Bethlehem, PA

Several men standing outside a tent with a sign on it that says "Little [illegible]". Handwritten on back: "DeWitt C. Baxter, H. Sternverger, John S. Duns, R.H. Jacobs, E. W. Ferry, John Warner, Camp Scene, Bethlehem, Pa. 1860." The men are wearing...

GLC05137.249

National guard encampment with several men near tent

Several men around a tent. At the top on the tent is a sign that says "Big 6". Beneath it a second sign of a black cat with its back arched: "Our Tommy." There is a table with a sign on it that says "Love Lane." Inscription on verso: "Private...

GLC05137.250

National guard encampment, man and son

Same as GLC 5137.247. Writing on back in same hands as GLC 5137.247 but not the same note. "National Guard, Bethlehem, Pa., July 1860" "Leddy & son during camp of the [illegible] National Guard." On a plain, cream colored mount.

GLC05137.251

National guard encampment, soldier in tent

A soldiers in a tent. Handwritten on back: W. C. Macferrir (sp?), Camp of National Guards, Bethlehem, Pa. July 1860." "W. Macfenan in tent." Good view of tent interior. On a plain, cream colored mount.

GLC05137.252

Reunion parade in Indianapolis

"Keystone [illegible] Company, Manufacturers and Publishers, Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo." Caption on front: Grand Army Review, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.A." Telephone or electrical poles and wire, trolley track in the street. Drummers and buglers...

GLC05137.257

Lincoln's Funeral Procession, Chicago

Handwritten on back: "Lincoln's funeral, Part of procession Cor[ners] Clark and Lake St. Chicago"

GLC05137.259

Confederate Cemetery

W.J. Thompson, Photographer, Columbus, Ohio." A Confederate cemetery. Three children stand by a boulder on which is inscribed: "2260 Confederate Soldiers of the War 1861-1865 Buried in this Enclosure." Sign above the cemetery gate reads "Americans."

GLC05137.260

Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869, [view 1]

Handwritten on back: Charles H. Burton 942" and "Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869" Sign reads : "Albany Zouave Cadets 1860-1869." Another photograph (half a stereo view) of a different scene in the same hall pasted...

GLC05137.261

Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869, [view 2]

A different shot of GLC05137.261.

GLC05137.262

Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869, [view 2]

Handwritten on back: "Charles H. Burton 943" and "Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869" Copy 2 of GLC.262

GLC05137.263

Old pensioners, Soldiers Home, Dayton, Ohio

Underwood & Underwood. A group of elderly soldiers in Civil War uniforms seated around a tree.

GLC05137.264

Soldiers near a tent, Richmond, July 1864

Four officers outside a tent. Two officers in foreground in heavily decorated, ornate uniforms with helmets and plumes. A black man in the background. No identification. Handwritten on back: "At Richmond, July 1884. Dr. Jones in foreground...

GLC05137.265

Marine Barracks, Charlestown Navy Yard, man sitting on cannonballs

Frank Rowell, Boston, Mass., publisher. Heywood, photographer. A civilian man seated among stacks of cannonballs. Caption: "Marine Barracks, Charlestown Navy Yard."

GLC05137.266

Great Peace Jubilee, Boston, June 1869

John P. Soule, Boston, publisher. Caption on front: "Coliseum, Interior View" View of orchestra from the crowd.

GLC05137.267

Camp Princeton, July, 1873

J.B. Brown, Photographer, Philadelphia. Stereoscopic Views of Camp Princeton, 5th Reg. M.N.G., Cape May, N.J., July, 1873. Group of soldiers sitting under a tent.

GLC05137.268

Willow Brook, Auburn, N.J.

A large house. Handwritten on back: "Willow Brook, Auburn, N.J." Women and a couple of men sitting near a house. Same location as 5137.270, which shows general Grant wearing three stars. [Ca. 1860's - women wearing hoop skirts.]

GLC05137.269

Presidential dinner party at Willow Brook, Auburn, N.Y.

One stereocard depicting a presidential dinner party, including Ulysses S. Grant decorated with three stars and other men. Handwritten on back: "Presidential dinner party at Willow Brook, Auburn, N.Y." (Same image as GLC05137.130)

GLC05137.270

Petersburgh Railroad Depot, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Ruins of a Locomotive in the Petersburgh railroad Depot, Richmond, Va." Inscription on verso: "Emma G. Griggs from my husband."

GLC05137.271

to William M. Price

Jackson writes of his reliance on the "virtue and incorruptibility, of the sovereign people" who will never surrender their sovereign power to the "despotic rule, and government, of a moneyed Rogocracy."

GLC05138

Collection of two Beckers' patent table-top parlor stereo viewers and stereocards [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC05139

[Becker's patent table-top "sweetheart" two person stereo viewer]

Alexander Becker's stereo viewer, manufactured by Sealey & Lee, New York. Model is made for two person use and is equipped with viewers on each side. Top opens so that multiple stereocards can be loaded. Turning knobs on both sides for changing to...

GLC05139.01

[Becker's patent table-top parlor stereo viewer, one person model]

Alexander Beckers' stereo viewer, New York. One person viewer. Top opens so that multiple stereocards can be loaded. Turning knob on right side for changing to the next stereocard. Brass tag on one side reads, "Alex Beckers, New York, Patents...

GLC05139.02

Civil War and African-American photographs re: slaves, plantations, contrabands [word processed inventory available]

17 photos of African-Americans and soldiers at Hilton Head, S.C. Includes images of slave plantations (#1), black (sailors?) onboard vessel (#15) and others.

GLC05140.01

Album of approx. 250 cyanotypes of African-Americans, at Calhoun, Ala.

One photograph album of cyanotypes. The images derive from the Calhoun Industrial School, founded in 1892 by the Hampton (Va.) Normal and Agricultural Institute. The images were taken by Richard Riley of the Hampton Institute. The Calhoun school...

GLC05140.02

Collection of loose cyanotypes, Calhoun, Ala., mostly black students

The images derive from the Calhoun Industrial School, founded by the Hampton (Va.) Institute. Most appear to be circa 1895-1905 (based on when Riley worked at Hampton). The images were taken by Richard Riley. The Calhoun School was a social...

GLC05140.03

[R.W. Emerson]

Carte de visite bust portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Note by previous owner on verso: "1803-1882 t[aken] @ [age] 58 = 1861."

GLC05141

Cabinet card photograph by Warren's Portraits, 3/4 seated

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, three-quarter length portrait, seated. Notes from collector inscribed on verso.

GLC05142

Clara Barton

Half-bust portrait showing Barton wearing medals. With note on back (apparently in her handwriting): "I have had some old time pictures brought down to convenient size for letters. Will you kindly accept." Pencil note of a previous owner: "t[aken]...

GLC05143

[Henry Ward Beecher]

Verso has pencil notes of previous owner: "t[aken] @ 62-65 = 1878."

GLC05144

Johnny Clem, "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga"

Mounted. Ex-Greenway collection. Nice image. Signed "Very truly yours, Jns. L. Clem." Inscription on mount reads "Sergeant Johnny Clem and his autograph. Photo taken at Chicamauga, at 12 years of age and after two years os service and after promotion...

GLC05145

Carry A. Nation, Home Defender

Full-length portrait, with hatchet in hand. Inscribed by Carrie Nation: "Carry A. Nation, Home Defender" This photograph shows Nation wielding a hatchet over her head with a grim look of determination on her face. With ink note on verso: "Dear...

GLC05147

[Portrait photograph of John D. Rockefeller]

Signed in pencil by Rockefeller and Edmond Tou (on the plate). Image is ca. 1930, per Charles Hamilton. Note in ink on verso: "Return to: William Hoster, 281- 4th Ave, N.Y." A note in pencil from a previous owner notes "@ age 72 @ 1912," possibly...

GLC05148

Mansion occupied Jeff. Davis, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Mansion occupied by Jeff. Davis, during the Rebellion, cor. Clay and Twelfth St., Richmond, Va." Series number 3377, changed by hand to 3376.

GLC05137.117

Crawford's Equestrian Statue of Washington, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Statue in Capitol Grounds, Richmond, Va. Original series number, 3381, scratched out, 3170 written in by hand. Series name but no Anthony imprint.

GLC05137.118

The Grave of the Rebel Gen. Stuart, near Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington

GLC05137.120

Panorama of Richmond, Va

[label] James Cremer, publisher. "Brady & Co., Washington" Label may be pasted over Anthony identification.

GLC05137.121

James River, Fort Darling, near Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Masked Battery and obstructions in the James River, Fort Darling, near Richmond, Va."

GLC05137.124

Castle Thunder, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "'Castle Thunder,' Cary St., the place where so many Union prisoners suffered. Richmond, Va."

GLC05137.125

Libby Prison, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington

GLC05137.126

Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. [copy 2]

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington

GLC05137.127

Headquarters of Gen. Porter

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Gardner's Gallery, Washington, D. C. Negative by James F. Gibson. Farnhold's house and the York River in the distance

GLC05137.134

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant at his Head Quarters, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. . Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Grant under a tent reading some papers. Another soldier stands with his back to the camera.

GLC05137.150

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant and General Rawlins at Cold Harbor, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Handwritten on verso: "Emma G. Griggs From my Husband." Caption: "Lieut. Gen. Grant and chief of staff, Gen. Rawlins, at his Head Quarters at Cold Harbor, Va. Taken June 14th...

GLC05137.151

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant and General Rawlins at Cold Harbor, Va.

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Lieut. Gen. Grant and chief of staff, Gen. Rawlins, at his Head Quarters at Cold Harbor, Va. Taken June 14th, 1864."

GLC05137.152

Residence of Gen. U. S. Grant in Washington

B[illegible], Washington, publisher. Label pasted over imprint "Ranklin & Co., Opticians, 244 Penna. Avenue, Washington"

GLC05137.164

Camp in the Woods at Cold Harbor, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. The Gallery of Alex Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. Taken June 6, 1864. Shows scared woods with two soldiers barely visible in the woods and...

GLC05137.176

Wagon Train, near Yorktown, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Many empty wagons grouped closely together with no horses or drivers.

GLC05137.177

Railroad Depot in Warrenton, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Gardner's Gallery, Washington, D.C. Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan .

GLC05137.179

Rebel Ram Stonewall

Bell & Bro., Washington, D.C., publisher. Large iron clad ship with sailing masts and funnel for steam engine. Obviously converted from older wooden, sailing ship. Prow of ship extended to ram other vessels.

GLC05137.187

The Onondaga, on the James River

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The Double-Turretted Monitor Onaodaga, on the James River." A group of men in a row boat ready to come ashore.

GLC05137.188

Guarding the Plunder

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Several soldiers guarding some barrels and sacks, with tents in the background. Caption: "Guarding the Plunder -- A Camp Scene near Washington." Sibley tents in background. Two men sit near a pile of bags in...

GLC05137.197

Ruins of the North Eastern Depot, Charleston, S. C

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Ruins of the North Eastern Depot, Charleston, S. C. Blown up at the time of the evacuation by the Rebels." Soldiers posed on skeleton of a building.

GLC05137.101

Vendue Range, Charleston, S. C

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Ruins of buildings, wooden plank sidewalks and a large building with columns which once would have been very elegant. [Similar image to 5137.106.]

GLC05137.102

The 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Chalreston, S. C

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S. C., exploded by the Rebels at the time of the evacuation."

GLC05137.103

Roper Hospital, Charleston

Series title but no Anthony imprint. Buildings colored pink and trees colored green. Man leans against yard wall.

GLC05137.104

Ruins of the Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S. C

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Front view of the cathedral which no longer has a roof.

GLC05137.105

Vendue Range, Chareston, S. C

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Vendue Range, Charleston, S. C., looking east, from near the corner of East [illegible] St." Card is stained and faded on back. Ruins of buildings, wooden plank sidewalks and a large building with columns...

GLC05137.106

Roper's Hospital, Charleston, S. C

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Roper's Hospital, Charleston, S. C., the place where the Union prisoners were confined."

GLC05137.107

Broad Street, Charleston

Series title but no Anthony imprint. View looking east showing ruins of several buildings and fireplaces several stories high. With tax stamp.

GLC05137.108

Swamp Angel Batter, Charleston, S. C

Series title but no Anthony imprint. Interior view showing several artillerists posed around a cannon as if awaiting orders to fire.

GLC05137.109

Beaufort, S. C

Writing on back badly faded and partially illegible. " [illegible] Fort Simpson, Beaufort, S. C. 1864 [illegible] compliments of [illegible] Jan. 9 1866" Shows several men and a lady posed on the porch of a two story home. Inscription on verso: "Z...

GLC05137.110

Quarters 10th Regt., U.S. Colored troops, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Label on side reads: "C. M. Loomis, New Haven, Dealer in Stereoscopic Goods" Winter Quarters comprised of wooden cabins with tents stretched over the roofs. A few soldiers pose near the foremost cabin. Shows Ft...

GLC05137.111

Battery at Ft. Brady, James River, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Four guns and crews posed as if awaiting orders to load and fire. [Similar image to 5137.113.]

GLC05137.112

Battery at Ft. Brady, James River, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. One gun and crew posed as if awaiting orders to load and fire. [Similar image to 5137.112.]

GLC05137.113