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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
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
1905
Underwood & Underwood
President Roosevelt and Booker Washington reviewing the 61 "Industry" floats .
Roosevelt and Washington are in the center of the picture, flanked by a sizable crowd. A lone black man stands guard in the foreground.
GLC06449.43
1861-1877
Parker, Richard
[Carte de viste of John Brown taken by James M. Holmes]
GLC09190.10
23 August 1935
Unknown
[Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the 1935 Bank Reform Act]
Also signed by ten other persons in the photograph, including Carter Glass and Henry Steagall. Shows Roosevelt sitting at his desk signing the act while the other ten men look on from behind.
GLC01094
1860-1865
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
Civil War Collection of 49 photographs [decimalized]
Various stereocard and other smaller photograph prints, most unmounted, relating to the Civil War in Virginia. The images come from Thomas G. Knight, who worked in Brady's studios (it is said) as a teenager. Included are images of Gettysburg...
GLC03029
circa 1865
[montage of lawmakers who voted for the 13th Amendment]
montage of lawmakers who voted for the 13th Amendment, George May Powell.
GLC00687.053
1864
Snyder Studio
[Delevan Bates]
Cabinet portrait of Delavan Bates in uniform by the Snyder Studio. Inscription on verso reads: "Brig. Gen. Delavan Bates/MOH [Medal of Honor] at Crater/121st NY Infantry/Cabinet/Signed $125.00." Bates was Union Brevet Brig. Gen., 30th U.S. Colored...
GLC02068
[n.d.]
Full length seated carte de visite portrait of African American girl
GLC00241.28
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