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7 April 1860

Thaddeus, Emily R., fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Mr. Powers"

Signed "Emily R Thaddeus"

GLC02181.08

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil sketch. Green Room in the White House]

colors of room noted in margin. Apparently a study for a Presidential print or painting; possibly JBB's Lincoln painting

GLC02673.06

17 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink wash. Glen Onoko]

GLC02673.07

1874/08

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink wash. Eagle Cliff]

GLC02673.08

18 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink wash. Catawissa Railroad]

Railroad bridge in mountainous terrain

GLC02673.09

18 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink wash. Twin Bridge. Catawissa Railroad]

signed

GLC02673.10

26 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink. Lake View Hotel]

The hotel building and carriages are cut and pasted from a comtemporary print; JBB has supplied the background. Signed

GLC02673.11

1874/08

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Water color. Hotel on Seneca Lake]

Water color on tissue-backed paper.

GLC02673.12

26 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink. Seneca Lake]

signed

GLC02673.13

28 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel]

signed

GLC02673.14

28 August 1874

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel in the distance]

note on verso: "Do not charge Mr. Bacthelder [sic] my Hotel Bill. J.W.G."

GLC02673.15

16 August 1875

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Pencil and ink wash. Mauchunk Pennsylvania from Booth Mountain]

GLC02673.16

1876

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Autograph note

Title: [Autograph notes concerning a model, possibly seen at the Centennial Fair, 1876, and probably intended to guide a model he was making.]

Plan of the movements and battles of the Spanish Forces against the Moors in Moroco [sic] during 1859-60.... JBB's large panoramic Gettysburg prints are copyright 1877.

GLC02673.17

1876

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Autograph note

Title: [notes on terra cotta fountain of two children]

One of the most charming designs in the Exhibition is the fountain of Terra Cotta representing two children standing under a spread umbrella above which the jet of water plays.... Autograph note, probably ca. 1876 and accompanied by #19, upon which dating is based.

GLC02673.18

1876

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [ink and water color. Terra cotta fountain of children]

On verso is pasted-down newsclipping: "Old Abe" at the Centennial. Describing the famous war eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, clipped from the Philadelphia Times.

GLC02673.19

19 August 1893

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [watercolor. Marsh Creek]

Hoffman's Dam. Shows a fisherman

GLC02673.20

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil. Man on foot bridge]

Dr. P. D. Keiser. Showing man on foot bridge. Another figure facing this one has been erased.

GLC02673.21

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [brown and blue wash on textured paper. Panorama of mountain and forest scene]

GLC02673.22

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [watercolor. Two horizons with house]

GLC02673.23

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil. unfinished sketch for waterfall]

GLC02673.24

1815-1860

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [pencil and watercolor in blue. House on tree lined street]

A striking image, done entirely in different shades of blue. The house cannot be identified from any other material --including photographs of the Bachelder home-- in the collection.

GLC02673.25