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ca. 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen carte-de-visite photograph, signed, of Preston Taylor, a drummer in the 116th United States Colored Troops. A dark haired young man, Preston Taylor, wears a soldier’s uniform jacket with three large buttons vertically attached, white detailing…
1864-1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis carte-de-visite has a photographic print depicting Sergeant Jacob Johns seated, facing the viewer with his gloved hands resting on his lap. His right elbow is resting on a small, circular side table, while it appears he is holding his left arm up…
1863
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth, showing the subject seated with a daguerreotype of her grandson, James Caldwell of Co. H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on her lap. Truth wears a dot print dress, striped jacket, dark-colored apron, a…
1860s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIn this photograph, very young children stand alongside adults in the cotton field. The women wear dresses, and one young boy can be seen holding a hat.
1877
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Abby Hadassah Smith and Julia Evelina Smith shown in full portrait. The Smith sisters are shown standing with one shown in profile with her left side facing the camera. She looks at her sister standing to her right, who is facing the…
1876
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Abby D. Munro shown in half portrait profile. She is sitting with her back facing foremost but her head turned in profile and her left side facing the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and then braided and wrapped into a bun at…
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Agnes and Slocum Howland. Agnes is seated and facing the camera, with Slocum standing to her left and also facing the camera. Agnes has her hair pulled away from her face and left loose in back. She wears a dark colored dress with a…
1862-1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of an unidentified woman shown in bust portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. She wears a dark velvet bodice or jacket with a heavily embellished beaded and…
1869-1877
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Anna M. Stanton shown in full portrait. Stanton is standing with her body turned to the side and her left side foremost. Her head is turned to the camera. She wears her hair parted at the center and gathered into an updo behind her head.…
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Carrie Lining shown in half portrait. Lining is turned one quarter to her right, with her head facing the camera though she looks slightly off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. She wears hoop…
1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Caroline "Carrie" N. Lacy shown in full portrait. Lacy stands with her body facing one quarter to her right but her face is turned straight to the camera. Her right hand resting on the back of a carved Gothic revival style side chair.…
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Charles Dickens shown in half portrait. Dickens is seated and turned one quarter to his left with head turned in profile showing the right side of his face. He is balding and the hair on top of his head is combed over. He has a mustache…
1860s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Charles Sumner in full length seated profile. Sumner is pictured with his left profile facing the camera. His hands are resting in his lap and his left leg is crossed over his right leg at the knee. He is wearing a light colored vest and…
1861
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth shown in three-quarter portrait. Ellsworth stands facing the camera with his right hand in his trouser pocket. He wears a light colored vest and trousers, a dark jacket, a dark cloak, a white shirt, and a…
1874-1876
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Emma V. Brown shown in half portrait. Her body faces the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her hair is gathered loosely and in long ringlets that hang down behind her head. She wears a dark…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Eugene Dowe shown in bust portrait. He faces the camera directly and his hair is parted on his right side and smoothed down on the top of his head, but left curling on the sides. He has a mustache. Dowe wears a dark colored jacket and…
1878
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite albumen print portrait of Frederick Douglass. Douglass sits in profile facing viewer's left wearing bowtie, jacket, and waistcoat. A watch chain hangs from the lapel of his waistcoat. The back of the card features the photographer's…
ca. 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Georgiana Willets Stradling shown in half portrait. She is seated and turned one quarter to her left, but her face is turned directly to the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered into a dark colored snood behind her head.…
1860-1862
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Harold M. White shown in bust portrait. White has short hair and a beard. He wears a dark jacket, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The edges of the image are purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. Handwritten on the back of…
1868-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite of Harriet Tubman seated in an interior room. She is positioned slightly turned to the right and gazes off camera. Her right hand rests on the back of a wooden chair and her left hand rests in her lap. A boldly patterned carpet covers the…
1868-1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of John W. Menard shown in bust portrait. Menard's body is turned nearly in profile with his left side foremost, but his head is turned only one quarter and he looks slightly off frame. His hair is parted at his left side and smooth down on…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Lydia Maria Child shown in half portrait. Child is seated behind the corner of a white columned banister, possibly on a balcony outside a house with wooden siding next to a window with a lace curtain. Her left elbow is propped on the…
1868-1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Margaret Jones Burleigh shown in half portrait. She is facing the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off camera. Her hair is parted at the center and then gathered behind her head. Her lips are tinted…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Margaret Alsop shown in half portrait. Alsop is seated with her proper right elbow resting on the back of a chair and her right hand touching her chin. She is looking directly at the camera. Alsop is wearing a dark colored, high neck…
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