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President Roosevelt
Portrait of a seated Theodore Roosevelt. Published by Henry in Washington D.C. during his presidency. Originally with a letter by Theodore Roosevelt addressed to Herbert Hoover (see GLC00162.13).
GLC00162.13.02
[n.d.]
F. W. Mehlbreuer
Oval bust carte de visite portrait of man in military dress
Imprint of F.W. Mehlbreuer, Mainz, on both recto and verso. The number 88 is visible on the man's epaulets.
GLC00241.23
Full length carte de visite portrait in militrary dress
Imprint of J. Haeuselmann, Bienne, on both recto and verso.
GLC00241.24
1862
Anthony, Edward (1819-1888)
Irving, Washington.
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Half length seated portrait. [Photograph from painting or engraving.?] White mount with red border
GLC06391.17
circa 1948
Chase-Statler (fl. 1948)
[Portrait of Harry S. Truman signed to Norman Taurog]
One undated portrait of Harry S. Truman. Image is of Truman seated at a desk signing a document. Signed "Kindest regards to Norman Taurog / Harry Truman."
GLC04675.07
circa 1878
Bradley & Rulofson.
[Cabinet photograph of Joshua Abraham Norton]
Signed "Emperor Norton." Three-quarter profile photograph of a seated Norton. He is wearing an officer's uniform.
GLC02729.01
1867-1884 ca.
Rogers
[Harriet Beecher Stowe's winter home]
Cabinet card showing the winter home of the Stowes with four people sitting on the front lawn, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband, Professor Calvin Stowe. Inscription on verso states the house has been torn down. Inscribed "For my...
GLC01584.02
1870-1880 ca.
Hastings (fl. 1880)
[Harriet Beecher Stowe]
Side profile image of Stowe as an older woman. Signed by Stowe beneath the image. Photographed by Hastings. "Dunbar" is written in the upper-left corner.
GLC01584.03
1863 circa
Mayall, John Jabez Edwin (1810-1901)
[Carte de visite of Edward R. Archer]
Edward R. Archer in Confederate States [Virginia] Volunteer Navy uniform, holding sword and cap. Full length portrait. Albumen print (London: Mayall Photo). Inscribed: on front "C. S. Navy" and on verso "Edward Richard Archer 'Uncle Ned' in...
GLC01896.179
1867 circa
Van Lint
[Carte de visite of cathedral and leaning tower of Pisa]
Cathedral & Leaning Tower of Pisa, carte de visite. Albumen print (Pisa, Italy: Van Lint)
GLC01896.182
29 May 1864
Disderi, Andre (1819-1894)
[Carte de visite of two unidentified women]
Domestic set piece, two unidentified women [one standing behind one sitting] with pastoral background studying books. Albumen print (Paris: Disderi, Photographe de S. M. L'Empereur"). Inscribed: "For M. Archer with our kind remembrance. London May...
GLC01896.185
[Carte de visites of Hotel Schreiber]
"Hotel Schreiber", carte de visite. Albumen print (Rigi: Kulm)
GLC01896.186.01
no date
[Carte de visite of Lucerne, Switzerland]
Panormaic image of Lucerne Switzerland.
GLC01896.186.02
Kilburn (fl. 1850-1860)
[Carte de visite of J.H. Warner, U. S. N]
J.H. Warner in frock coat, top hat and umbrella, full portrait. Albumen print (London: Mr. Kilburn).
GLC01896.188
[Carte de visite of William Shakespeare]
William Shakespeare, carte de visite made from steel engraving. Albumen print. Inscribed: "A[aron]. Jeffery / Richmond / E.R.A. [Edward R. Archer]"
GLC01896.198
11 March 1921
Major Xavier Pulowski, Charles Radziwill and Paul Gorster
They are in uniform
GLC02766.037
1873
Watkins, Carleton E.
Monument to Gen. James Wolfe [Quebec?]
GLC03030.32
5 August 1905
Underwood & Underwood
[Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, Sergei Witte, Roman Romanovich Rosen, Jutaro Komura, and Kogoro Takahira]
One group portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt with foreign diplomats dated August 5, 1905. From left to right, photograph of Count Sergei Witte (Russian diplomat and Minister of Finance), Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen (Russian Ambassador to Japan...
GLC00861.01
15 March 1868
[Napolean I, carte de visite]
White mount. Pencil inscription on verso: "March 15, 1868." Vignette bust portrait of Napoleon. Photo from engraving.
GLC00919.24.18
30 June 1895
Sarony, Napoleon (1821-1896)
[Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe]
One portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe taken by Sarony dated June 30, 1895. Inscribed to Frank Leonard. Signed twice, recto and verso after an excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin.
GLC01091
1864 ca.
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
[Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]
Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to...
GLC02909
1864 February
[Carte de visite portraits of Lincoln and son Tad]
Photograph of Lincoln looking at a book with Tad. Variant of O-93 (looks like "bible" variant listed by Ostendorf p. 183 but with more vignette and cropping into an oval) with Brady imprint on mount and on verso.
GLC02911.01
07 December 1941 [1942]
U.S. Navy
For release in Sunday A.M.S., Dec. 6th, 1942. Victims of Jap Sneak Attack
Attached label reads: A small boat rescues a seaman from the water near the blazing U.S.S. West Virginia, which rests on the bottom after the warship was hit by Jap bombs and torpedoes during the attack of Pearl Harbor, last Dec. 7th. Smoke rolls out...
GLC09547.12
Portrait photo of Harriet Beecher Stowe [cabinet card]
The image shows Harriet Beecher Stowe seated, wearing a black dress and holding her pince-nez. Inscription on image: "Sarony 37 Union Square, N.Y." Inscription on verso: "H. B. Stowe."
GLC05111.01.1319
Portrait photo of N. P. Willis [cabinet card]
Portrait of N. P. Willis seated with a cane and looking directly at the camera. Inscription on recto: "Rockwood 17 Union Square (West) N.Y." Inscriptions on verso: "N. P. Willis" and "Rockwood Photographer 17 Union Square (West) N.Y. 1890."
GLC05111.01.1335
1861-1865 ca.
Ward, Artemus (1834-1867)
Seated, half-length view
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.
GLC05137.233
Seated, half-length view (copy 2)
GLC05137.234
1860 ca.
Whipple, John Adams (1822-1891)
[R.W. Emerson]
Carte de visite bust portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Note by previous owner on verso: "1803-1882 t[aken] @ [age] 58 = 1861."
GLC05141
1874 ca.
Warren's Portraits
Cabinet card photograph by Warren's Portraits, 3/4 seated
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, three-quarter length portrait, seated. Notes from collector inscribed on verso.
GLC05142
1859
[Ralph Waldon Emerson photgravure].
Accompanies verse by Emerson (GLC05508.098.01).
GLC05508.098.02
1865 ca.
Album of 200 cartes de visite, most by Brady. [word processed inventory available]
Album with "A.A." initials embossed on front knob. Includes images of Lincoln, Mary Lincoln (2), Lincoln's Cabinet, generals, writers, freed slaves, prisoners of war, Confederate leaders, etc. Lacks one clasp. Due to album's fragility, pages...
GLC04609
1870
Ward, J.Q.A.
Photograph: Central Park statue of Shakespeare [bronze].
GLC06343.279
"Longfellow Children."
Image of three young girls embracing one another. Photo from painting or engraving. White mount with "Longfellow Children" inscribed on verso in pencil.
GLC06391.08
Carte de visite of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Half length seated portrait of an older man in civilian dress, facing proper left. White mount.
GLC06391.09
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
D. Appleton & Co.
Halleck, Fitz-Greene.
Photograph by A.A. Turner. Appleton imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Vignette bust portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.18
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
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
Charles Taber & Co.
Burns, Robert.
With Taber imprint on verso. Identification printed on verso. Vignette bust portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount .
GLC06391.35
1872/09/23
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
Carte de visite 3/4 profile, half-length portrait, by Sarony, with AQS on verso
With a short quotation from his own poetry on verso: "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again...."
GLC05596.04
1861 ca.
Carte de visite half length standing portrait of James R. Lowell by Warren
Shows the poet standing with his hand draped over the top of a chair, holding his hat, and wearing a substantial beard.
GLC05596.14
1850s?
Porter, Noah
Quarter plate daguerreotype in original gilt decorated leather case
A 1/4 plate daguerreotype. Youthful bust-length pose in academic robes. Porter was the president of Yale 1871-1886 and previously edited Webster's American Dictionary after the death of Chauncey Goodrich.
GLC06184
1892 March 18
Oliver Wendell Holmes
GLC06631.04
1861-1877
Trois-mats Norwegien
Photo of a ship.
GLC08284.148
Trois-mats filant grand largue par forte brise.
GLC08284.149
1880 ca.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Heavily vignetted profile portrait of Stowe as an older woman. Signed on mount.
GLC07093
circa 1941 - 1943
Log album US Navy Air Station Pearl Harbor [empty]
The album has a decorated suede upper cover and card lower cover, 5 printed leaves ("memory leaves," "my log and diary"), 28 blank leaves.
GLC09547.01
[Wrecks of USS Downes & Cassin, 7 December 1941]
Naval History & Heritage Command attributes image to Navy Photographer's Mate Harold Fawcett. Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year anniversary. From Naval History and Hertiage's online catalog: "The wrecked...
GLC09547.02
[Hickam Field]
Inscription on back of photograph: "Hickam Field"
GLC09547.03
24 May 1943
Battleship Oklahoma's Deck Breaks Water
Label on front of photograph reads: (WX1) PEARL HARBOR, May 24-- BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA'S DECK BREAKS WATER---Barnacled deck of the U.S. Battleship Oklahoma breaks water during salvage operations which returned to service 16 of 19 ships sunk by Japs in...
GLC09547.04
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