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[1861]
Moses & Piffet
Carte de visite of [H.H. Rowe]
Moses & Piffet imprint on recto. Ink inscription on verso: "Yours truly, H. H[?]. Rowe[?], Capt. 20th U.S.C.I." Bust portrait in uniform.
GLC06358.12
1863-1865 ca.
Unknown
[Captain R.W. Crockett, of the 81st U.S. Colored Troops]
Signed on mount. Crockett commanded the 81st U.S. Colored Troops, who principally guarded Port Hudson, La. After the 81st USCT was combined with the 88th and 89th to form the 77th USCT.
GLC06378
1864 ca.
Album of abolitionist cartes de visite
Includes Sojourner Truth, H. B. Stowe, John Brown and William L. Garrison.
GLC06391
[n.d.]
Anthony, Edward (1819-1888)
Carte de visite of George W. Curtis
Anthony label on verso. Half length seated portrait of a middle-aged man in civilian dress.
GLC06391.02
Carte de visite of Wendell Phillips
Half length seated portrait of a middle-aged man in civilian dress, with arm resting on table.
GLC06391.03
Carte de visite of Charles Sumner
Anthony imprint on verso. Half length standing portrait in civilian dress, facing proper right.
GLC06391.04
circa 1850
[Garrison, William Lloyd.]
Half length seated portrait of Garrison facing proper left, probably ca. 1850.
GLC06391.05
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
Carte de visite of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Three quarter length standing portrait of a middle aged man in civilian dress. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.12
[Brown, John]
Three quarter length standing view facing proper right. Photograph from painting or engraving. White mount.
GLC06391.14
J.E. Tilton & Co.
Lowell, James Russell.
Tilton imprint on recto. Identified in ink on verso. Vignette half length seated portrait, holding cane. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.19
1864
Truth, Sojourner.
Printed inscription on recto: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth." Blue two-cent tax stamp and pencil inscription "11902" on verso. Full length standing portrait with walking stick. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.20
no date
[Carte de visite of Horace Greeley]
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Three quarter length standing portrait of a bald, heavyset man in civilian dress. White mount with gold border
GLC06391.28
Charles Taber & Co.
Subdun[?], Benj[amin]
With Charles Taber imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Oval vignette bust portrait. [Photograph from painting or engraving?] White mount
GLC06391.30
[Unidentified ]
Oval bust portrait of a middle-aged man. White mount.
GLC06391.31
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Lyman Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher.
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Full length seated portrait of all three. White mount with red border.
GLC06391.32
D. Appleton & Co.
Bryant, W[illia]m Cullen.
Photograph by A.A. Turner. ; Appleton imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Half length seated portrait of Bryant as an old man. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.33
Paxson, Chas.
"Our Protection. Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave Children from New Orleans."
With printed identification on recto; imprint and copyright on verso.Portrait of three children wrapped in what appear to be flags. White mount
GLC06391.38
1863
"Rebecca: A Slave Girl from New Orleans."
With printed identification on recto; imprint and copyright on verso. Vignette bust portrait of a young girl. White mount
GLC06391.39
Whipple, Amiel W.
Shaw, [?].
With Whipple imprint on verso. Ink inscription on recto: "Col. Shaw, 54th Masstts Regt." Half length seated portrait in uniform. White mount.
GLC06391.42
1862
Young Africa, or the Bone of Contention
Carte de visite half-length vignette, showing a black infant, with wide-open eyes and mouth, wearing plaid dress
GLC06437
Kimball, W.W.
Rebecca, An emancipated slave from New Orleans
Typed inscription on verso reads: "Proceeds from photograph sales go to the "Education of Colored people in the Dept. of the Gulf, now under the command of Major General [Nathaniel] Banks." Photo by Kimball, New Orleans. Depicts a very light-skinned...
GLC06438
1863 May
Black, J.W.
Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence
Depicts Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence "redeemed in Virginia by Catherine S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher..." Full-length standing portrait. Shows Fanny standing with her hands on hips, wearing a day dress, cape and hat...
GLC06445
1902
Underwood & Underwood
Little Negro Tea Pickers singing Pickaninny songs for President Roosevelt
A group of children with their backs to the camera, among whom a young girl in a white dress stands out, occupies the foreground. The children face President Roosevelt, who has several other men around him. The President and his associates stand...
GLC06449.32
1861 ca.
Stevens, Thaddeus
Carte de visite bust portrait
GLC05596.18
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
Carte de visite vignette bust portrait
(Somewhat better version in GLC 2095.) Signed on front: "Charles Sumner"
GLC05597.23
1870 ca.
Frederick Douglass
With printed title "Fred[.] Douglass." on front, and gold printed border (where the photograph would normally be placed) on verso. Dark, rich image. No imprint. This image was used by the engraver Ritchie for a silhouette bust portrait of Douglass...
GLC06198
Brooks & Blauvelt
[Guard of colored soldiers at parade rest]
Black soldiers, Union forces occupying last Confederate fort on Mississippi River. Imprint of Brooks & Blauvelt, Port Hudson
GLC06217
Van Stavoren, J.H.
Carte de visite of W.L. [Lindsay]
Van Stavoren imprint and blue two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "Yours truly, W.L. Lindsay[?], Capt. A.A.A.O., Chif. Ca[illegible] and Boss of Hdqr Negro." Three quarter length standing view in uniform.
GLC06272.02
1864-1865 ca.
[Carte-de-visite of a black soldier in the Civil War]
Photograph of a First Sergeant in the U. S. Colored Troops.
GLC08976
[Carte-de-visite of Colored Soldiers]
Depicting the 64th U.S. Colored Infantry in camp with cannons at Palymra Bend.
GLC09018
Truth, Sojourner, (1797-1883)
Carte-de-visite of SojournerTruth
Caption on mount reads :"I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Sojourner Truth." Copyright stamp on verso
GLC09082
1881 May 13
[Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard]
Carte de visite of the organizer of 1st U.S. Colored Infantry, vignette bust. Shepard later served as U.S. Counsel at Hankow, China.
GLC05918.03
1863 ca.
Whipple, John Adams (1822-1891)
[Robert G. Shaw]
Carte de visite, 3/4 length standing portrait. Later reprint of a war-time photo.
GLC05923
1918 ca.
Eighth Illinois Regiment Now in France [half tone printed reproduction]
Black troops active in Europe during WWI. Two slightly different printed versions of the same photograph, one trimmed, and the other printed with a slightly grainer half-tone screen.
GLC07593
ca. 1861-1864
[Portrait of three Union officers in uniform]
Portrait of three Union officers in uniform [with Van Nuys seated at right?].
GLC07687.165
[Portrait of Samuel Watson Van Nuys]
Half length seated portrit of Van Nuys in uniform, wearing kepi.
GLC07687.166
1880 ca.?
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Half length seated carte de visite portrait of Frederick Douglass, with cane
GLC07752.02
1880 ca.
Powelson (fl. 1880)
[Carte de visite of Anna Douglass]
Three quarter length seated carte de visite portrait of Anna Douglass. Douglass appears to be holding a parasol.
GLC07752.03
Cartes de visite (most signed) of officers of 20th Colored Infantry
GLC07778
Sheldon, J.A. (fl. 1864-)
Francis Bridge
Torso of clean shaven officer.
GLC07778.01
Moses, B. (fl. 1864-)
C.A Briggs, 1st. Lt.
Bearded officer.
GLC07778.02
E.S. Leumpf
Torso of fair-haired officer.
GLC07778.03
26 May 1865
G.A. Foster
Round portrait of officer.
GLC07778.04
1864 - 1865 ca.
H. Gardner, 2nd Lt.
Balding officer with goatee.
GLC07778.05
John Habbstow, 1st Lt
Torso of officer with mustache.
GLC07778.06
Hanes and Wickes
Unidentified officer
Compliments of John. Harstow.
GLC07778.07
Sam M. Putnam
Very young looking soldier.
GLC07778.08
29 March 1865
Washburn (fl. 1865-)
B.F. Strong
"Yours religiously", written on the back.
GLC07778.09
B. Trombly
2nd. Lt. Sports a goatee.
GLC07778.10
Profile of officer with a long mustache.
GLC07778.11
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