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Anderson & Co.
[Cart de visite of Edward Richard Archer]
Edward Richard Archer. Half portrait. [oval] Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: Anderson) Inscribed on verso: "Uncle Ned".
GLC01896.195
E.S. Lumpkin & Co.
[Carte de visite of Dr. Robert Archer]
Dr. Robert Archer, half portrait. Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: E. S. Lumpkin & Co.)
GLC01896.196
Unknown
[Carte de visite of "Contemplation"]
"Contemplation," carte de visite copy of lithograph of unidentified woman holding flower [profile]. Albumen print. Inscribed: "ERA" on verso.
GLC01896.197
[Carte de visite of William Shakespeare]
William Shakespeare, carte de visite made from steel engraving. Albumen print. Inscribed: "A[aron]. Jeffery / Richmond / E.R.A. [Edward R. Archer]"
GLC01896.198
1862 circa
[Carte de visite of Capt. John N. Maffitt]
"Capt. Maffitt (of the Florida)" wearing Confedrate States Navy uniform vignette portrait. 1 litho.
GLC01896.199
1860 circa
[Three Virginia state uniform buttons]
Three Virginia state brass uniform buttons. [Manufactured by Waterbury Button Co. in Cheshire, CT]. Buttons bear the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, probably belonging to Edward R. Archer while in the service of the Confederate States [Virginia...
GLC01896.202
[Jeffery Family Seal]
Jeffery Family Seal. Red stone intaglio with a stylized "J".
GLC01896.203
30 December 1861
[Package receipt for Caleb Mortimer]
Adams Express Company's Army & Soldiers' Package Express receipt. Package sent to Lieutenant Mortimer, Folletts Battery, Halls Hill, Virginia.
GLC01898.23
circa 1865
Radical Union Ticket.
For William G. Brownlow for Governor of Tennessee. Lists John Eaton Jr. for Superintendent of Public Instruction, R.R. Butler for Congress and for State Senate, PPC Nelson. Also has blank space for Representative, and Floater.
GLC01919.02
1863/11/09
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Early photo of the coin counting room of the Philadelphia Mint]
[Early photo of the coin counting room of the Philadelphia Mint]. A photo of two men sitting at a table counting coins.
GLC01992.02
circa 1832-1844
[Hard Times tokens].
Tokens satirizing President Andrew Jackson. Issued after Jackson opposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States, resulting in a depression.
GLC01994.03
1861 circa
Carte de visite of Heber Painter
A bust image of a young Heber Painter. The size given includes the frame in which the carte de visite is kept .
GLC02016.182
16 March 1874
[Remains of violets from Charles Sumner's funeral service]
In folded paper with note: "Violets from the coffin of the Hon. Chas. Sumner, March 13/74 deceased Mar 11. 74. [10]. m. to 3 pm." Violets are no longer intact; only brittle pieces remain.
GLC02095.36
1870 ca.
Warren's Portraits
[Carte-de-visite of Charles Sumner]
3/4 image of Sumner holding a French newspaper.
GLC02095.39
n.d.
[Crest]
Small crest on a piece of glossy paper.
GLC02150.39
William Coddington [picture]
Print of William Coddington, who was an official in the Massachusetts and Rhode Island colonies in the seventeenth century.
GLC02150.53
1865 ca.
1/6 plate ambrotypes: 2 union images, standing, one from N.H. Vols.
The N.H. volunteer is identified as Miles Hodgdon.
GLC02189
1/6 plate tintypes: 2 union images, both standing, one with American flag
GLC02190
1861-1877
Business card for R.Y. Patterson
Supt. of National Cemetery
GLC02198.47
Scheetz, Chandler (fl. 1860-)
Unidentified man in army uniform
A note on the back reads "Possibly Leander Williston?"
GLC02198.59
[circa 1864]
Brady & Co.
[General Richard Taylor]
Black & white portrait of Confederate General Richard Taylor. Enlarged directly from the original negative by Brady in the Meserve Collection.
GLC00444.02
[circa 1860]
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
[Clement L. Vallandigham]
Pictures Vallandigham in an oval vignette. Accompanied copy of the book "Speeches, arguments, addresses and letters of Clement L. Vallandigham," (see GLC00476.01) which was inscribed to the actor Edwin Forrest, who was also pictured in carte-de...
GLC00476.02
[Edwin Forrest]
Pictures Forrest, an early American actor, seated. Accompanied copy of the book "Speeches, arguments, addresses and letters of Clement L. Vallandigham," (see GLC00476.01) which was inscribed to Forrest by the author, who was also pictured in carte...
GLC00476.03
25 October 1842
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to Alice Egerton
An engraved portrait of Jackson with lock of his white hair.
GLC00548.02
1860s-1870s
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
Colored convalescent soldiers resting after a march, at Aiken's Landing, James River, Va.
Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 2608. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York.
GLC00561.01
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