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1861-1865 ca.
General Geo. Crook, vignette portrait [cabinet card] [1861-1865 ca.]
Inscription on verso: "Gen. Geo. Crook." Printed below image: "Handy 494 Maryland Avenue, South Washington, D.C."
GLC05111.01.0671
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
General Hancock, seated protrait with table and book [cabinet card] [1861-1865 ca.]
Hancok wears [braided] dress shoulder scales [epaulets] and holds his sword across his lap with his left hand. His right arm rests on a book on the table beside his chair. Inscription on recto: "Gen. Hancock." Inscription on verso: "Brady photo...
GLC05111.01.0672
1865/04/19
President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. April 19, 1865.
Inscription on verso: "Funeral of Pres. Lincoln." Lines of soldiers [blurred in motion] march down Pennsylvania Avenue as crowds look on from the sidewalks. The buildings have been decorated for the occassion.
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1865/05/23-24
Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.
Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "162 (872)." A mounted officer is in front [left] of a line of seven other mounted soldiers. Infantry carrying a U.S. flag can be seen on the extreme right and along the bottom of...
GLC05111.01.0697
Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Washington 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "171." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant...
GLC05111.01.0698
Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "186." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building...
GLC05111.01.0699
Covered Wagons in the Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.
Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "170." A seemingly unending line of covered army wagons extends down Constitution Ave. Soldiers and civilians stand and walk alongside the wagons.
GLC05111.01.0700
Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.
The marching lines of soldiers are blurred due to their motion, as they travel over a woods-lined dirt road lined with spectators. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "187."
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Back end of Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.
The Review of the armies of the Union, as seen from behind and to the right of the covered wagons. A large U.S. flag hangs over the roadway in the background. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "172(169)."
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Lincoln's Funeral parade at the Treasury Building, Washington D.C. April 19, 1865.
Inscription of verso: "North end of Court of Review" [sic]. Numeric notation on verso: "167." Image taken from apparently a second-story height, as the roof of another building is in the foreground.
GLC05111.01.0703
1865/04 ca.
Federal units standing for review, Lincoln's funeral parade, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]
The armies of the Union stand according to unit, ready to be reviewed. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric Notation on verso: "169." It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats. See GLC 5111.01...
GLC05111.01.0704
The armies of the Union, waiting to be reviewed. It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats. A regiment's state flag can be seen in the center of the image. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric...
GLC05111.01.0705
1865 ca.
A view looking up High Street, Georgetown. [1865 ca.]
A view down the dirt and cobblestoned High Street in Georgetown, in a commercial region of the city. Inscription on verso: "High Street, Georgetown 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "159."
GLC05111.01.0706
US Sanitary Commission in Washington D.C. [1865 ca.]
A view from across a wide dirt street at the United States Sanitary Commission, with twenty-five men standing in uniform in front of the building. Inscription on verso: "U.S. Sanitary Commission Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "189."
GLC05111.01.0707
The Old Intelligencer Building, Washington D.C.
A view from the building across the street of the brick Intelligencer building. Sign on corner reads : "Books & [illegible]." Inscription on verso: "Old Intelligencer Building Washington." Numeric Notation on Back: "174."
GLC05111.01.0708
Botanical Gardens in Washington, D.C. with Capitol buidling in background.
A view of the Botanical Gardens, with the rotunda of the Capitol Building in the background. Inscription on verso: "Botanical Garden Washington." Numerical Notation: "168."
GLC05111.01.0709
Examining passes at Georgetown Ferry, Mason's Island, Washington D.C.
The examination of a pass on the banks of the Potomac River, just before the Georgetown Ferry pier. One is docked along the river bank with an artillery gun, limber and crew. Another barge slowly crosses the river in the distance. Inscription on...
GLC05111.01.0710
George Washington Statue in Richmond, Va.
Image of large George Washington equestrian statue. Inscription on verso: "Washington Statue Richmond." Numeric Notation on verso: "152."
GLC05111.01.0716
1874/05/02
Bassett, F. S. (fl. 1874)
West Portico view of front of Capitol [stereocard]
Inscription on verso: "Washington City Views. No. 2989. North front of the Capitol, from the West Portico."
GLC05111.01.0835
East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C.
A view down a long column-lined corridor at the patent office. Inscription on verso: "Interior East Gallery Patent Office Wash." Numeric notation on verso: "180."
GLC05111.01.0870
East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C. (Copy 1)
Image identical to #870
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East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C. (Copy 2)
Image identical to #870 and #871
GLC05111.01.0872
East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C. (Copy 3)
Image identical to #870 - #872.
GLC05111.01.0873
1865
General Post Office in Washington D.C.
A view from across a dirt street of the post office in Washington D.C. Across the dirt streets, leading from brick sidewalk to brick sidewalk are stone crosswalks. The post office is constructed in a Georgian manner, on a street reminiscent of London...
GLC05111.01.0874
The Corcoran Art Building in Washington D.C.
A view of the Corcoran Art building, constucted in a seemingly Victorian style, from across a dirt street. Inscription on verso: "Corcoran Art Bldg, Wash." Numeric notation on verso: "144.'
GLC05111.01.0875
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