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1861-1865 ca.
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Union soldiers stand at the iron gate to the slave pen. Inscription on verso: "Emma G. Griggs From my Husband."
GLC05137.075
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. A black woman holding a basket stands in front of the slave pen. Two men stand behind the iron gate.
GLC05137.076
Tent Life of the 31st Pennsylvania Regiment
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Famous photograph of a woman holding a basket, her soldier husband and three children posed in front of tent. Cooking utensils, stool and other amenities are visible.
GLC05137.220
1880 ca.
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), (c. 1849-1893)
[Mary E. Walker, M.D.]
Photograph of the Civil War surgeon Mary Walker wearing her army Medal of Honor. Walker's medal was revoked in 1917 when conditions for the medal were changed to warrant only battle conditions. Her Medal of Honor was reinstated in 1977. An...
GLC05152
1861 October
Unknown
[William Farquhar Barry]
Carte de visite of the Union Chief of Artillery, 1/2 length portrait. Inscribed to Ms. Belle Riley." Barry served as Chief of Artillery from 1st Bull Run through the Peninsula Campaign.
GLC05918.01
[n.d.]
Washington, Martha.
With pencil inscription on verso: "Martha Washigton." Vignette bust portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount
GLC06391.10
November 1972
Unknown (fl. 1972)
[Photograph of Model Boat]
GLC03135.05.226
1861-1864 ca.
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
Carte-de-visite of Mary Todd Lincoln
Brady imprint on verso. Half length bust portrait. Wearing a black dress.
GLC09192.01
1861
Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a dark pattern dress.
GLC09192.02
Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a white pattern dress. Same image as GLC09192.04.
GLC09192.03
November 1861
Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a white pattern dress. Same image as GLC09192.03.
GLC09192.04
1888 ca.
Bell, Charles Milton (1849-1893)
[Cabinet card portrait of Frances F. Cleveland]
Cabinet card. Stamped and copyrighted by C. M. Bell, 463-465 Penna. Ave, 701 Fifteenth St., Washington, D.C.
GLC08610
Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a white pattern dress.
GLC09192.05
GLC09192.06
October 1905
Hewitt, Arthur (fl. 1904-1905)
"Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt and two sons."
Shows Edith Roosevelt with sons Quentin and Archie. Image mounted on cloth with completed publication form affixed to reverse. Copyright by Arthur Hewitt.
GLC07002.82
no date
Smithsonian Institute
Gown worn by Edith Roosevelt displayed on mannequin.
Pencil note on back: "From Smithsonian Institute Gown Collection."
GLC07002.91
1889 ca.
Parker, Charles W.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
Cabinet photograph of Caroline Scott Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison.
GLC01456.02
1864 ca.
[Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]
Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to...
GLC02909
1871
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
[Group of five Native American women with young girl and baby]
No series assigned. Negative number 350.
GLC03095.95
May 1865 ca.
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Embossed patriotic portrait of Abraham & Mary Lincoln by Alden [carte de visite]
Probably post-assassination portrait of the Lincolns, trimmed to ovals and enclosed in embossed frames surmounted by two flags and an eagle, and the great seal of the U.S. underneath. Photograph and art work by A. E. Alden.
GLC00559.15
Circa 1862
Aldrich, H.B. (fl. 1862-)
Photograph of unidentified woman
Woman is sitting down and wearing an everyday dress.
GLC00653.15.3
Photograph of unidentified girl
Girl is standing next to a table.
GLC00653.15.4
1863
Gutekunst, Frederick (1831-1917)
[Carte-de-visite of Major General George B. McClellan and his wife]
Carte-de-visite of McClellan and his wife Ellen Marcy McClellan. Titled "Maj. Gen. Geo B. McClellan and Lady."
GLC00664.03
Knight, W. M.
[carte de visite, vignette bust portrait of a young woman or girl]
White mount with Knight's imprint on recto. Vignette bust portrait of a young woman or girl.
GLC00919.24.41
[tintype, oval bust portrait of a young woman]
Unmounted. Oval bust portrait of a young woman.
GLC00919.24.42
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