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[carte de visite, oval half length portrait of a young woman]
White mount with gold border. Pencil inscription "Nora" on both recto and verso. Romanticized oval half length portrait of a young woman. Photo from engraving.
GLC00919.24.43
Shelby & McCauley
[carte de visite, oval bust profile view]
White mount with Selby & McCauley imprint on verso: " 'Specialite.' Selby & McCauley, Photograph Album & Carte de Visite Depot, No. 36 West Baltimore Street." Oval bust profile view in elaborate dress. Face, clothing, and adornments in hair are...
GLC00919.24.44
Unknown
[carte de visite, full length view]
White mount. Full length view of a young woman in peasant dress carrying wheat or straw on her back.
GLC00919.24.45
[carte de visite, The Belle of Winter]
White mount. Caption on image: "The Belle of Winter." Profile view of a woman ice skating in fur-trimmed clothes. Photo from painting or engraving.
GLC00919.24.55
[1865? ca.]
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Carte de visite portrait of Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Tad from lithograph
GLC00241.03
[n.d.]
Abbott (fl. 1860-1880)
Half length seated carte de visite portrait of woman in black dress
Imprint of Abbott, Little Falls, N.Y., on verso. Photograph is either heavily retouched or from a lithograph.
GLC00241.11
Harman
Full length carte de visite portrait of two women in black dresses
Imprint of Harman, York Springs, Pa., on verso.
GLC00241.13
Three quarter length carte de visite portrait
"Miss. Mansfield" printed in lower margin on recto.
GLC00241.21
Suluma, Melek
Full length seated carte de visite portrait
Imprint of H.D. Ward, North Adams, Mass., on verso. Pencil inscription on verso reads: "Suluma Melek, Circassian Lady, Born in Solder Cale, Asia Minor, Age 20 years." Melek's dress is tinted bright purple, her underskirt is tinted deep pink, and...
GLC00241.26
Woodbury & Page
Full length carte de visite view of Javanese girl brushing her hair
Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso. Pencil and ink inscription on verso reads: "A Porto Rico Belle."
GLC00241.29
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