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1861-1865 ca.
Captains Jane and Clark
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. With tax stamp. Shows three soldiers and a civilian servant [?] in front of a tent.
GLC05137.206
Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Warrior's Rest
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Group of soldiers posing in frame of a wooden structure.
GLC05137.210
Maj. Gen Burnside and His Staff
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Burnside and Staff at his Headquarters in the field near Richmond, Va."
GLC05137.239
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
General Mulford, Agent of Exchange, Richmond, Va
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Gen'l Mulford, Ageny of Exchange, Richmond, Va." Shows Mulford leaning on a tree outside a mansion. Two men standing on left side of photograph, large house...
GLC05137.240
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap (1818-1883)
General Ord, at Jeff Davis's Mansion
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Col. [sic] Ord, at the mansion formerly occupied by Jeff Davis, Richmond, Va. In the doorway is the table upon which the surrender of Gen. lee was signed."
GLC05137.241
Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Gen. Neal Dowd's Tent
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Gen. Dowd and two officers in side a tent.
GLC05137.242
Generals Hancock, Gibbon, Bartlett and Birney
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Group of Generals: Hancock, Gibbon, Barton [sic], Birney, in the field, near Richmond, Va." With tax stamp. Handwritten: "Emma G. Griggs, From my Husband"
GLC05137.243
The old Stone House in Richmond
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The old Stone House in Main st., Richmond, Va. This is the first dwelling erected in the city and was at one time occupied by Gen. Washington." Shows a group of...
GLC05137.245
1865/05/23
Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Reviewing stand
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's House occupied by the President...
GLC05137.253
Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Humphrey and Staff
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking up Pennsylvania Avenue from the Treaury Buildings. Maj. Gen...
GLC05137.254
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Same as GLC 5137.254. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking...
GLC05137.255
Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Maj. Gen. Frank Blair and Staf
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. Looking up Pennsylvania Avenue...
GLC05137.256
Return of the New York 69th Regiment
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The Return of the New York 69th Regiment, N.Y.S.N.G."
GLC05137.258
1885 ca.
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), (c. 1849-1893)
[Frederick Douglass]
Inscribed on front "Frederick Douglass. Born 1817." Inscribed verso: "Frederick Douglass. Born February 1817." With newspaper obituary pasted on the back. The albumen surface has been slightly scratched.
GLC05146
1865 ca.
W.T. Sherman, General
Handsome image inscribed "W.T. Sherman. General." Imprint on back "Imperial Carte DeVisite by Brady." Pencil note of previous owner on back: "became Gen. in 1869. ta[ken at] 49 [i.e., in 1869]. Edges have been slightly trimmed affecting the print.
GLC05149
1880 ca.
[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
March 1864
Russell, Andrew J. (1830-1902)
No. 302. Perspective View of Union Arch, Washington Aqueduct
Image of Union Arch across Cabin John Creek in wintertime. A few men stand down below the structure beside a pile of logs and a wood cabin. The arch forms a part of the aqueduct that bears water to Washington, D.C. The arch is designated a Historic...
GLC05172
3 May 1863
Russell, Andrew J. (1829-1902)
No. 162. Battery of thirty-two pounders
Image of an artillery battery behind entrenchments. The men in the foreground adjust their gun, while others in the background prepare to fire theirs. Three cannons and about a hundred soldiers are visible. Fredericksburg lies in the background...
GLC05189
1850 ca.
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
Salt print portrait of Pierce, oval, mounted on lined paper
Depicts as a middle-aged man with a little gray hair at the side-burns. The photograph is mounted on lined paper which has slightly cockled. (Actual image size: 19 x13.5 cm) (Per Peter Mustardo, this appears to be a copy of a daguerreotype from the...
GLC05247
1863 ca.
Joslyn & Co.
John B. Moore
Carte de visite as Surg. Gen. & Brig. Gen. under Sherman (in civilian dress. Imprint on verso: "Joslyn & Co., Washington Gallery, Vicksburg, Miss."
GLC05332
circa 1893-1903
Unknown
[Copied photograph of the Washington, D. C. Williiam Tecumseh Sherman memorial]
Photograph of the monument, dedicated in 1893, created by sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith. The page on which the photograph is printed appears to have been torn from a book.
GLC05466.02
6 April 1979
Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye (1906-1992)
[Photograph of Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa]
Photograph accompanied letter (GLC05508.124.01).
GLC05508.124.02
GLC05508.124.03
circa 1864
[Cartes de visite of men of the 10th New York Heavy Artillery] [Decimalized .01- .26]
Mostly photographs by R. W. Addis, Washington. Includes images of Col. Alexander Piper, Lieut. Col. Arden, Maj. C.C. Abell, Maj. James Campbell, and others.
GLC05528
Ulke, Henry (fl. 1864)
[Lieutenant Colonel George DePeyster Arden]
Vignette bust portrait showing Arden with mustache. Identifying inscription on verso states that Arden commanded the 10th New York Heavy Artillery regiment on 7 September 1864.
GLC05528.02
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