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1861-1877

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [A. H. Rathbun, carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Imprint of Brady on recto and verso. Signed in ink on verso by Rathbun. Three quarter length seated portrait in civilian dress.

GLC00919.24.21

1861-1877

Bell & Brother

Photograph signed

Title: [W. R. Smith, carte de visite]

White mount. Imprint of Bell & Brother on verso. Signed in ink on verso by Smith. Full length view in civilian dress standing next to a pedestal.

GLC00919.24.22

1864

Philip & Solomons

Photograph

Title: [carte de visite, front view of a chapel]

White mount with gold border and Gardner's imprint on verso. Published by Philip & Solomons, Washington, D.C. Front view of the chapel erected in the camp of the 50th Regiment, N.Y.V. Engineers near Petersburg, Va. Unions soldiers are visible standing outside the chapel.

GLC00919.24.47

20 February 1896

International Arbitration Council

Printed document signed

Title: International Arbitration Memorial

The undersigned men, under the direction of George May Powell, support an international arbitration first between the U.S. and Britain, and later with other nations. The memorial is directed toward the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

GLC00687.146

29 May 1875

New York Trade Reporter

Newspaper

Title: New York trade reporter. [Vol. 7, no. 22 (May 29, 1875)]

The front page article, "Fire-proof Building Material: Teil Hydraulic Concrete Blocks and Artificial Stone: The Problem Solved: The Fire-Proof Building Company of New York," describes the need for fireproof buildings, the materials used, and the company and examples of their work.

GLC00687.160

1 July 1876

Little, James, fl. 1876

Pamphlet

Title: The Timber Supply

The danger of over consumption of timber is serious. States east of Ohio generally have denuded forests. The west and northwest up to the Rocky Mountains are "all chiefly prairie and an almost treeless territory," depending on the east for wood, particularly Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. He examines timber in the Pacific West and in Canada. Inserted is an advertisement by F. L. Ricketts for the North Mountain House in Ganoga Lake, Shickshinny P. O. Luzerre Co. Pa. dated 1879.

GLC00687.162

November 1876

Petition

Title: [United States centennial exhibition petition]

The undersigned attest to the "good results" at the closing of the United States centennial exhibition. Short passage written in English, French, and German. One page of lined paper is attached to the bottom of the petition, upon which one name is signed.

GLC00687.251

1861-1877

Autograph manuscript

Title: Music book

The book contains scales, chromatic scales, and tunes handwritten and hand bound.

GLC00687.273

1855

Cook, I. N., fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite portrait, George May Powell, young man]

Carte de visite portrait, George May Powell, young man

GLC00687.278

Circa 1895

Taylor, W. M. Curtis, fl. 1895

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of an older George May Powell]

George May Powell, older man

GLC00687.279

1861-1877

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Imprint of Brady on recto and verso. Ink inscripton on recto: "Genl. Kilpatrick." Full length standing view in military dress.

GLC00919.24.16

1861-1877

Cline, R. H.

Photograph signed

Title: [Seth Kuman, carte de visite]

White mount. Imprint of Cline on recto, pencil inscription on verso: "Seth Kuman." Three quarter length seated portrait in civilian dress with gold painted buttons and gold ring on little finger.

GLC00919.24.17

15 March 1868

Photograph signed

Title: [Napolean I, carte de visite]

White mount. Pencil inscription on verso: "March 15, 1868." Vignette bust portrait of Napoleon. Photo from engraving.

GLC00919.24.18

1861-1877

Hovey, J.S. (photographer)

Photograph signed

Title: [H. A. Noble, carte de visite]

White mount. Ink inscription on verso: "Yours muchly, H. A. Noble." Three quarter length seated portrait in civilian dress.

GLC00919.24.19

5 August 1865

Photograph signed

Title: [William H. Preston, carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Ink inscription on recto: "Yours truly, Wm. H. Preston." Ink inscription on verso: "Wm. H. Preston, Rutland, Mass." Second ink inscription on verso in a different hand: "August 5, 1865." Three quarter length seated portrait with hat and beard in civilian dress.

GLC00919.24.20

1861-1877

E. & H. T. Anthony

Photograph signed

Title: [General George Henry Thomas, carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Imprint of E & H.T. Anthony on verso. Vignette bust view. Photo from engraving.

GLC00919.24.23

15 April 1860

Stanton's Gallery

Photograph signed

Title: [A. L. Wheat, carte de visite]

White mount with gold border. Imprint of Stanton's Gallery on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "A.L. Wheat, Waterloo, Seneca Co., N.Y." Ink inscription on recto: "Yours Truly, A.L. Wheat, Q.M. Sergt. 50th N.Y.V.E., April 15, 1860." Vignette bust portrait.

GLC00919.24.24

1861-1865

E. & H. T. Anthony

Photograph

Title: Union Martyrs

White mount with gold border. Imprint of E. & H.T. Anthony on verso. Collage of 17 Union officers killed in the Civil War, including Reynolds, McPherson, Hayes, Sedgwick, and Stevens.

GLC00919.24.25