circa 1839-1856

Bowen, John T. (1801-1856)

Print

Title: [Color lithograph of Red Jacket, a Seneca chief wearing the Presidential Peace Medal.]

Date estimated by years Bowen worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Collateral to GLC05742.01.

GLC05742.02

1861-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Large group of soldiers lined up in a curve, one man wearing a medal

Twenty-eight soldiers visable in the photograph. The men are lined up single file with a gradual curve so that the men at the left hand side of the photograph is very close to the camera and the men on the right is far away. The soldier fifth from the left is wearing a medal.

GLC05137.211

1863 [?]

Object

Title: Franklin Pierce Indian peace medal by S. Ellis and J. Wellson

7.5 cm in diameter.

GLC08619

1865 ca.

Diezelski, Ernst von (fl. 1865)

Photograph

Title: Sgt. given medal for helping to capture Booth

Graphite notation on verso "**Book" "Ernest von Diezelski, Sgt. 16 NY Cavalry - Given medal with 12 men for service in capturing Booth" "Jun. 2, 1926" "Donated by his daughter Mrs. Wm Jacobi 2026 S. 4th St. Springfield. Tel 2494 Capitol." Photographers imprint on verso: "J Rennie Smith 727 & 729 Broad Street, Newark, N.J. Next to the Post Office. No. of Neg.........."

GLC05111.02.0130

1865

Magniadas, Franky (fl. 1865)

Object

Title: [Medal struck in France to honor Abraham Lincoln]

Profile of head of Lincoln with "Dedie par la Democratie Francaise a Lincoln President deux fois elu des Etats-Unis." The reverse shows Lincoln's grave with a winged angel and two African Americans honoring him.

GLC08763

6 February 1866

Dunphy, Richard D. (1842-1904)

Letter

Title: to Gideon Welles

Letter written for Dunphy, who lost both his arms during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, to Secretary of the Navy Welles. Also includes a carte de visite (10.1 x 6.2 cm.) pasted to the letter of Dunphy in his uniform with no arms. Wants to know how he can get the medal of honor that was promised to him by Vice Admiral David Farragut.

GLC08655

25 August 1867

Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910)

Sketch

Title: [Front side of "American Institute" medal design with male and female figures]

Inscribed, "Awarded To." Iron gall ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.156

1871

U.S. Mint

Object

Title: [Medal of Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation]

Medal series of the U. S. Mint. Bronzed copper. High relief image of Lincoln based on Barber portrait. With words "Abraham Lincoln President of the United States." On verso, "Emancipation Proclaimed Jan. 1, 1863."

GLC08764

1875 ca.

Barton, Clara (1821-1912)

Photograph signed

Title: Clara Barton

Half-bust portrait showing Barton wearing medals. With note on back (apparently in her handwriting): "I have had some old time pictures brought down to convenient size for letters. Will you kindly accept." Pencil note of a previous owner: "t[aken] @ 1877." F.H. Meserve stamp on verso.

GLC05143

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: General Pershing Decorating Officers of 89th Div., Treves, Germany.

A line of American soldiers receive the Distinguished Service Crosses from General Pershing on a field in Treves, Germany.

GLC09584.255

14 November 1918

Dawes, Charles (1865-1951)

Typed letter signed

Title: to my dear mother

The day the armistice was declared, Nov. 11, he took several phone calls in which they reversed the American Expeditionary Forces. Later the Italian army called saying they have 1 million Austrian prisoners and 200,000 horses and nothing to feed them with. He came up with a solution and outlines it for his mother. The next day they went to a medal ceremony with Scottish bagpipes. He includes a letter he received from William C. Dawes, the head of the English branch of the family. He thinks back to his father's experiences in the Civil War.

GLC02679.25