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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
9 December 1801
Gleason, John (fl. 1796-1811)
[Copy of a survey map of land sold by Henry Knox to B. Joy of Boston]
Gleason and Robert Houston sign as surveyors. Depicts 16,340 acres of Waldo Patent land flanked by these notations: "Green, Waldo Heirs, Knox, Belfast, Northport, Lincolnville, and Bonapartte." A list of names is written in pencil within the area...
GLC02437.10341
1792
Pierpont, Joseph (fl. 1792)
[Map of land]
Map of the land by the Penobscot River. Water is drawn with blue watercolor ink. Shows the division of land into different plots.
GLC02437.10593
1846
Mitchell, Augustus S. (fl. 1846)
Map of Texas, Oregon and California [pocket atlas]
Full title: A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the Most Recent Authorities. First printing of this landmark map of the American West. Baughman, Kansas in Maps, p. 35. Graff 2841. Howes M685. Martin &...
GLC02130
1833 ca.
Meiser, Edward S. (fl. 1833)
Map of the southern part of Texas
Map which belonged to Anthony Dey, a chief figure in the Galveston Bay & Texas Land Co. The map has had lands owned by the Company outlined in ink. Date inferred from provenance. Streeter, Texas 1137A and Philips Maps p. 843.
GLC02754
1861-1877
Unknown
William H. Alden
Portrait of William H. Alden in a suit. He has a goatee and mustache.
GLC02831.53
no date
[Louis Bernkopf, carte de visite]
White mount. Ink inscription on verso: "Louis Bernkopf aus Camenz [Kamenz], Preuss[…?] Sohle[?]ien, [G]ermany." Ink inscription on recto: "Louis Bernkopf." Three quarter length seated portrait in 15th N.Y.S. Vols. Uniform holding a book in one...
GLC00919.24.09
Paris, Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans, comte de (1838-1894)
As captain, standing full-length portrait with hat and sword in hand
Graphite inscription on recto "Count de Paris." Graphite inscription on verso "*misc" "Count de Paris 1838-1894 Capt of Volunteers on staff of Gen. McClellan." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, N.Y. From...
GLC05111.02.0842
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
Prince de Joinville, in civilian suit, seated 3/4 length portrait with hands in lap
Graphite inscription on verso "Prince de Joinville." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative, From Brady's National Portrait Gallery."
GLC05111.02.0845
Duc de Chartre, in French military uniform, standing full-length portrait hat in hand
Graphite inscription on verso "Duc de Chartres" "*misc." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, N.Y. From Photographic Negative, From Brady's National Portrait Gallery."
GLC05111.02.0846
Duc de Chartres, in French military uniform, standing full-length portrait hat in hand
Ink inscription on verso "Duc de Chartres US Army." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."
GLC05111.02.0847
Duc de Chartres, in French military uniform, standing full-length portrait wearing hat and sword
Graphite inscription on verso "Duc de Chartres France" "Brady."
GLC05111.02.0848
In French military uniform, standing full-length portrait hat and sword in hand
Graphite inscription on recto "Comte de Paris." Graphite inscription on verso "Comte de Paris." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway, N.Y. From Photographic Negative, From Brady's National Portrait Gallery."
GLC05111.02.0849
In French military uniform, standing 3/4 length portrait in profile, hat in hand
Orange border on recto. Graphite inscription on verso "Comte de Paris." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, N.Y. Manufacturers of Photographic Albums. From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait...
GLC05111.02.0850
Group of men eating in camp scene
Image shows six men, one is a captain, another's rank is obscured, and the remainder wear civilian clothes. The opening of an A-frame tent is visible on the right hand edge of the photo. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in...
GLC05111.02.1348
1852
Horn, Hosea B. (fl. 1852)
Map to Illustrate Horn's Overland Guide to California and Oregon
Map originally attached to Horn's overland guide (housed with books, GLC 4152.01), from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California containing a table of distances, and showing all the...
GLC04152.02
1857
Wells, John G. (John Gaylord) (1821-1880)
Well's new map of Missouri and Eastern Kansas
This is a fold out map contained within a book measuring 14.5 x 9 cm. When unfolded, the full title displayed on the map is "Well's New Railroad and Township Map of Missouri and Eastern Kansas from the latest Government Surveys." Contains a large...
GLC04174
1870s-1880s
Western Scenes. Collection of 111 Stereoviews by various photographers
111 views, including San Francisco, Pacific Railroad, Yosemite, California, Colorado, Utah. Includes interesting stereo view of Chinese-owned store in San Francisco. Mostly 1870s-1880s. Items .72 &.73
GLC04183
1861-1865 ca.
Path or Road through a forrest
No identification. Handwritten on back: "Hessian Camp"
GLC05137.225
1889
William S. Prettyman
Oklahoma great land rush: "boomers" and towns & cities they built
Collection of fourteen photographs taken in Oklahoma (Indian) Territory at Oklahoma Station (later Oklahoma City) around the time of the land rush. The first five images show the growth of Oklahoma City from March 1889-1892. Other images include...
GLC05475
1889 March
[Oklahoma Prairie]
A group of men holding rifles and standing in front of an oxen-driven wagon train. Penciled notation on verso: "E. Hamill, Oklahoma City, March 1889."
GLC05475.01
"California Avenue, Looking West, Oklahoma, I.T."
Contemporary inkstamp on bottom of mount: "Grand Avenue, Looking West, Oklahoma, I.T." Frame buildings lining either side of street, some still under construction. Plank sidewalk under construction on left side of photograph. Teams of horses...
GLC05475.02
Contemporary inkstamp on bottom of mount: "California Avenue, Looking West, Oklahoma, I.T." Scene similar to preceding photo, with piles of building materials in foreground. The street has already been graded. Wagons and pedestrians are visible on...
GLC05475.03
1889 August
Oklahoma City
Title from verso. Image of a fairly large town consisting of frame buildings shown at a distance. Railroad passes in front of town. Boxcars from the AT & SF RR line the tracks. A frame house and several horses grazing are in foreground of the image...
GLC05475.04
1892
"Main Street, 1892."
Title from verso. Street lined with 2 and 3 story buildings, predominantly brick. Wagons, pedestrians and electric lines line the street. Electric lights suspended over intersections. Penciled notation on verso: "Main Street. Okla. City. 1892."...
GLC05475.05
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