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1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Mary Ann Donaldson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears a white lace cap…
1870-1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Mary Anna Longstreth shown in bust portrait. Her body is turned one quarter to her right, but her face is turned straight to the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and pulled into a high bun at the back of her head. Her cheeks are…
1860-1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Mary Shriner shown in bust portrait. She is facing the camera directly. Her hair is parted at the center and then gathered into a dark snood with a floral decorative element at the center top of her head. She wears a dark colored bodice…
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Miss Julia J. Thomas shown in quarter portrait. Thomas is facing the camera, but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off camera. Her naturally curly hair is loosely gathered behind her back. She wears a heavily…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Miss Laura W. Stebbins shown in bust portrait. She is facing the camera directly. Her hair is parted and smoothed down tightly then gathered behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice with a plain white collar and a large oval…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Miss Thiele shown in half portrait. Her body is facing the camera, but her head is turned one quarter to her left and she looks off camera. Her hair is gathered at the back of her head and hanging down in large ringlets. She wears a dark…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Mary Barker Bowen shown in bust portrait. Her body faces the camera, but her head is turned a quarter to her left and she looks off camera. Her hair is parted at the center and pulled into a chignon at the nape of her neck. She wears a…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Maria Miller Woodhull Hall photographed in bust portrait. Her face is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off camera. She is wearing a black cap with ruffled or ribbon details on the back of her head and a plaid dress with a…
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears an…
1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Phebe M. Coffin shown in seated full portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right and looks off frame. Her hair is parted in the middle and gathered into a dark colored snood behind her head. She wears a dark colored dress, a white…
1860s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white carte-de-visite of abolitionist minister Henry Highland Garnet. Garnet is posed seated, wearing a dark jacket, button-down vest and trousers. He gazes directly at the camera wearing a white shirt and tucked neck-bow before a solid…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Sayles Jenks Bowen in half bust portrait. Bowen's body faces to the camera, but his head is a quarter turn to his right and he looks off camera. His hair is parted on his left side and smoothed down and he has a full beard. His cheeks…
1862-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Sarah "Sally" Cadwallader Ely shown in three-quarter length portrait. She is seated with her body turned so that her left side is foremost to the camera. Her right arm is propped on a table covered with a floral cloth and her right hand…
1862-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Samuel Ely shown in three-quarter portrait. Ely is seated with his body facing the camera, but his head is turned one quarter to his right and he looks off camera. His hair is parted on the left side and combed smooth to just above his…
1881
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Sidney Taliaferro shown in half portrait. Her body is facing the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her arms are crossed in front of her chest and resting on a table in front of her.…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-visite bust-length portrait of Sojourner Truth with the text [I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance./Sojourner Truth.] beneath the image. Truth is depicted wearing a light colored shawl and bonnet which is tied under her chin. She is…
1860-1863
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Susie Bruce shown in full portrait. Bruce is seated with her body turned one quarter to her right, though her face is turned to the camera. Her left hand rests in her lap and her right elbow is propped on a table covered in a floral…
1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Walter W. Johnson shown in half portrait. Johnson is turned one quarter to his right and looks off camera. His hair is moderately long and wavy and he has a full beard and mustache. His cheeks are tinted pink. He wears a dark jacket with…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Wendell Phillips shown in half portrait. Phillips is seated and turned one quarter to his right. His hair is combed down over his ears and he is clean shaven. He is wearing a dark jacket with a velvet collar detail, a white shirt with a…
1862-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of William Henry Channing shown in full profile. He is standing in a carpeted room with a floral drapery at the right side of the image. Channing faces the camera with his arms crossed in front of his chest and his head a quarter turn to…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of William Woodhull "Willy" Hall in full-length standing portrait. Hall wears a round-brimmed hat with a feather and buckle on the front of the band, a white and black zigzag patterned scarf tied around his neck, a plaid inverness coat that…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarved doorway of a house once owned by Tippu Tip, notorious 19th century slave trader.
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carved wooden walking cane owned by Sen. W.B. Nash. The length of the cane is cylindrical at the bottom but squared off about halfway up. The cane has been incised over much of its surface with geometric and animal decorations, including diamonds, fish,…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "case, diet, and prescription book," January–March 1867 (358), is arranged chronologically.
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