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[William Morris Meredith, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left...

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Identification from an engraving by A.H. Ritchie, from a daguerreotype by Brady, published in The American Review, August 1849. Scratched on back of plate: 144. Transfer; U.S. Wa... More

[Anna R.L. Baker, three-quarter length portrait, seated, with arm on t...

Possibly by W. & F. Langenheim. Case: flowers and ribbons surrounded by oval. Accompanying gelatin silver print of Anna R.L. Baker and note, "Anna R. Lea, Anna R. Baker, mother A.L. Carson." Purchase; Marian S.... More

[John P. Hale, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Democratic Congressman from New Hampshire, 1843-1845, 1847-1853, 1855-1865; Free Soil candidate for President, 1852.

[C.H. Hicks, in profile, seated at desk]

Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: C. H. Hicks. Eng. Clerk of the Hs. of Rep. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-19... More

[Daniel Webster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Inscription scratched into the plate at the lower right corner: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by Southworth & Hawes in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of... More

[Occupational portrait of John Hunt, half-length, facing front, holdin...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 6. Case: plain leather. Accompanying note: E. H.(?) Taylor's father, John Hunt. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.8). Forms part of: Dagu... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Case: Mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.034. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype c... More

[Unidentified man, possibly John Jabez Edwin Mayall, three-quarters le...

Case: Rinhart 172. Label attached to case: 209. Identification from Marian S. Carson inventory, possibly a self portrait. Attribution based on table used as studio prop. Hallmark: Rinhart 10. Robert Cornelius: ... More

[Gertrude Mercer Hubbard Grossman, Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell, and M...

Attributed to Southworth & Hawes or Whipple & Black. Plate cut down. Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell alternately identified as Grace Hubbard Bell. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1... More

[John A. Dix, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civ...

Democratic Senator from New York, 1845-1849; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; Governor of New York, 1873-1875. Scratched on back of plate: 102; John A. Dix. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:4... More

[Sam Houston, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right...

President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859. Cut down to an irregular shape, edges trimmed. Scratched on back of plate: 340. Reverse image of DAG no. 233. Facing the light... More

[Washington Irving, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Author; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1842-1846. Scratched on back of plate: 250; Washington Irving. Identification from engravings by S. Hollyer and others. The original Plumbe daguerreotype is reproduced in Washing... More

[Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Three-quarter length port...

Attribution to Nicolas H. Shepherd based on similarity to daguerreotype of Lincoln received as a pair with this portrait. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 219. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Wash... More

[Three unidentified woman] - Public domain portrait print

Case: back only - oval surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.029. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection ... More

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face]

Roberts arrived in Liberia in 1829 from Virginia. In 1839 Roberts was appointed Vice Colonial Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia and took over as Governor of the Commonwealth, in 1841, when Thomas Buchanan... More

[C.C. Clay, half-length portrait, head slightly to the right]

Lawyer; Democratic Congressman from Alabama (Senator, 1853-1861); Confederate Senate, 1861-1863 Identification from woodcut by A.F. after Brady in Harper's Weekly, February 25, 1860, page 116. Scratched on back... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Case: Rinhart 131 variant. Hallmark: partially cut off. Appears to be Rinhart 29. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.051. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Dag... More

[William Ballard Preston, half-length portrait, nearly facing front]

Whig Congressman from Virginia, 1847-1849; Secretary of the Navy, 1849-1850. Identification from engraving by Ritchie in The American Review, Sept. 1849, frontispiece. Scratched on back of plate: 439; Preston. ... More

[Occupational portrait of a tinworker (?), half-length, left profile, ...

Hallmark: AB MORTLEY, UTICA, N.Y. Case: scroll design. Embossed on cushion of case: Bogardus, 229 Greenwich, N.Y. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.10). Forms part of: Daguerreotype... More

[James Brown, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes ...

Publisher of Little, Brown & Co. Identification from portrait in G.S. Hilliard, Memoir of James Brown, 1856. Scratched on back of plate: 78 [cancelled]; 237; Life[?] Brown. Hallmark: 40. Transfer; U.S. War Coll... More

[Robert John Walker, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

Democratic Senator from Mississippi, 1835-1845; Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-1849. Scratched on back of plate: 56. Identification from mezzotint by T. Doney. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46... More

[Occupational portrait of a woman working at a sewing machine]

Photographer unidentified. Published under the title: "Seamstress." Case: variant of Rinhart 124. The daguerreotype is housed in an unmatched case provided by the vendor. Purchase; 1991; (DLC/PP-1991:219). For... More

[John Alexander Kennedy, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left,...

Superintendent of Metropolitan police, New York, NY. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Jane Roberts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face]

Wife of President of Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts. Case: back only, diamond in geometric design. Was part of LOT 8554. Label taped on back of case: Mrs. Prest. Roberts. This is a copy daguerreotype. Anson wa... More

[Jane Roberts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face]

[William McKendree Gwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the r...

Democratic Senator from California, 1850-1855, 1857-1861; Democratic Congressman from Mississippi, 1841-1843. Written on back of plate: 197; Sen. Gwin, Calif. Hallmark: 40?. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (D... More

[Solomon Nunes Carvalho, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, s...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[August Belmont, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to right,...

Financier; U.S. Minister to the Netherlands. Scratched on back of plate: 22; 26. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Case: back only - zigzag design. Barboza number: 6019.027. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Beverly Page Yates, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, seat...

Vice president of Liberia. Served as the Associate Justice of Liberia and the Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas for Montserrado County. Helped found the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons,... More

[View of Niagara Falls, reversed view]

Reversed view from prospect point on the American side, toward the Horseshoe, or Canadian falls, showing the Terrapin Tower in the background, and eight male figures standing, in the foreground. Scratched on fa... More

[View of Niagara Falls, reversed view]

Reversed view from prospect point on the American side, toward the Horseshoe, or Canadian falls, showing the Terrapin Tower in the background, and eight male figures standing, in the foreground.

[Edward Morris, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at de...

Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: Ed. Morris, Senator from Sinoe County. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Socie... More

[Tom Thumb, full-length portrait, facing front, standing on table with...

Scratched on face of plate: 152. Scratched on back of plate: 82. Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of C... More

[Jerusha Field, half-length portrait, seated in chair, with arm restin...

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 141. Accompanying note: Jerusha Field, Quaker of N.Y. & Peekskill. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collect... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Photographer unidentified. Case: gothic design. Purchase; 1967; (DLC/PP-1967:040). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, friend of Clara Barton, head-and-shoulders portrait...

Photographer unidentified. Case: variant of Rinhart 123. Accompanying label: Unidentified friend of C. B. Was part of LOT 8492. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1959. Forms part of: Clara Barton Papers, 1834-1918... More

[Three unidentified women, two seated, one standing, facing front]

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, plain leather. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Li... More

Lucy Stone, half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing slightly r...

Photographer unidentified. No case. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Blackwell family papers. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Transfer; Manuscript Division; 2014; (DLC/PP-... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front, seated in cha...

Case: oval design surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.059. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portr...

Photographer unidentified. Case: central floral medallion. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Nathaniel Green, half-length portrait, facing front, seated with arm ...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 36a. Case: variant of Rinhart 166. Accompanying note: Nathaniel Green, brother of Levi Green and son of William Green who was wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill. S... More

[William Young McAllister, three quarter length portrait, facing front

In paper mat. Written on back: Portrait of W. Y. McAllister taken in the garden of a convent in Nuremburg, Germany. Sep. 13, 1841. The wall of the garden forms the background of the picture. Etched on plate: He... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William G. Mason. Signs include: Refrigerators, John Gibson, Wines and Liquors, Hotel. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: Chestnut Street - North side be... More

[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Signs on buildings include: Walking Canes, McAllister, McAllister & Son, W.G. Mason Engraver, A.J. McDuffee. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: View of houses No. 46 to... More

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, in Masonic regalia, three-qu...

Written on back of plate: 501(X). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified U.S. Army officer, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly...

Scratched on back of plate: 299. Alternative identification: John Joseph Abercrombie. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produc... More

[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 275; I.(?) G. Fenden at Brady's. Corners rounded. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Ma... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Scratched on face of plate: Fowler. Scratched on back of plate: 449. Alternative identification: Fowler (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (... More

[Rufus Blakeman, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, fa...

Doctor and president of Fairfield County Medical Association, Greenfield, Connecticut. Identification from reproduction of photograph in New England Medical Monthly, May 1892, opposite page 374. Scratched on fa... More

[Unidentified man and woman, both about 30 years of age, with a child ...

Scratched on back of plate: 178; 196. Two edges trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, s...

Scratched on back of plate: 319. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Adolphe Thiers, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing spectacles...

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. Identified by Owen Blevins 1/2013 based on similar image ... More

[William Cranch, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. Identification from reproduction of a painting Harvey, History of the Washington National Monument, 1903. (57th Congress, 2nd sess., Senate doc. 2... More

[Nathaniel Bowditch Blunt, head-and-shoulders portrait, head slightly ...

Copy daguerreotype. Scratched on back of plate: No. 297. Identification provided by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on a print in the collection of the New York PubliC Library NYPL Dig ID #1121838. Transfer; U.S. ... More

[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 167. Scratched on back of plate: 48. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Ten unidentified young people, four men and one woman are standing, s...

Scratched on back of plate: 253. Corners rounded. The woman in the lower right corner is possibly the same woman who is depicted in DAG no. 042A (Source: Owen Blevins 4/2017). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; ... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 146; 177. Hallmark: Rinhart 21. Same sitter as DAG no. 194. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Prod... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

Scratched on back of plate: 257; 283 [canceled] Hallmark: Rinhart 4b. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Bra... More

[Unidentified man and woman, seated, facing front]

Case: front - Rinhart 162; back - oval surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.005. Stamped on silk pad: J. Turpin. Gift; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (L... More

[Unidentified boys, half-length portraits, probably George F. Becker a...

Identification based on similarities to carte-de-visite photographs in LOT 6507. Case: front - mixed flowers; back - cross motif. Originally in LOT 6507. George Ferdinand Becker Collection. Date based on age of... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: back only, Rinhart 219. Accompanying note in case: From Wm. Shew's Miniature Case Manufactory, corner of Court and Howard Streets, Boston. Gift; Charles W.... More

[Two unidentified women, three-quarter length portraits, seated]

Case: back only, basket weave design. Inscribed on brass mat: Marks. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:003). Forms part of: Papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, 1824-1979 (Library of C... More

[Unidentified woman, about 25 years of age, half-length portrait, thre...

Scratched on back of plate: 297. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[F.B. Cutting, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the le...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Adeline Tapley Fuller Stowell, as a girl, three-quarters length portr...

Was part of LOT 7060. Case: Rinhart 86. Accompanying note: Adaline Tapley Fuller, b. 1850, w. of George L. Stowell. Stamped on brass mat: S.H. Whitmore. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1955. Forms part of: Eller... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarters length portrait, seated with left ...

Case: back only - Rinhart 260. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.049. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing left]

Case: ornamental circle theme. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.053. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Gertrude M. Hubbard and baby daughter Mabel]

Woman holding baby girl. Photographer unidentified. Case: plain leather, push button. Accompanying note: Gertrude M. Hubbard, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Form... More

Portrait photo of [Seated woman] - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walt Whitman fellowship papers - frontispiece, second year, Philadelph...

Print shows the "frontispiece" for the "second year" of the "Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers" presented at "Philadelphia, 1895-6" showing Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front; from a daguerreo... More

Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

[Occupational portrait of an unidentified clergyman, three-quarter len...

Photographer unidentified. Case: plain leather, push button. On inside of mat: Matthew Bartholomew Brady, Minister from Kentucky. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.4). Forms part of:... More

[John Y. Mason, half-length portrait, nearly facing front]

Democratic Congressman from Virginia, 1831-1837; Secretary of the Navy, 1844-1845, 1846-1849; U.S. Attorney General, 1845-1846; U.S. Minister to France, 1854-1859. Identification from picture in The Green Bag, ... More

[John P. Hale, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Democratic Congressman from New Hampshire, 1843-1845, 1847-1853, 1855-1865; Free Soil candidate for President, 1852.

[Theodore Sedgwick, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Lawyer, author, attache to the U.S. Embassy in Paris, President of the New York Crystal Palace Association.

[Occupational portrait of an unidentified man with mallet and chisel]

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, ornamental circle design. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.17). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right...

Artist (engraver, painter), President of the National Academy of Design. Identification from reproduction of daguerreotype in Newhall, History of Photography, 1949, p. 25. Scratched on back of plate: 157; [unde... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[James Alfred Pearce, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly facing front...

Whig Congressman from Maryland, 1835-1839, 1841-1843; Whig and Democratic Senator, 1843-1862. Scratched on back of plate: 147. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype... More

[Sam Houston, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right...

[James Curtis Booth, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Brass mat stamped: M. A. Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada. Case: scroll and central leaf motif. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:087.10). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congres... More

[James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the...

President of the United States, 1845-1849. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Louis Blanc, half-length portrait, facing front, with arms crossed]

Photo shows Spanish politician and historian, Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc, who was a member of the French government during the Revolution of 1848. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Blanc identified by Frederick Rock, 2... More

[Thomas Corwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Whig Congressman from Ohio, 1831-1840; Governor of Ohio, 1840-1842; Senator, 1845-1850; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1850-1853; Republican Congressman, 1858-1861. Scratched on face of plate: 156. Scratched o... More

[Occupational portrait of a blacksmith, three-quarter length, facing f...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: back only, quadrafoil design with interlaced geometric border. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.15). Forms part of: Daguerreot... More

[Henry S. Foote, half-length portrait, slightly to the right]

Democratic Senator from Mississippi, 1847-1852; Governor of Mississippi, 1852-1854; Superindentent of the U.S. Mint at New Orleans. Scratched on back of plate: 438; Sen. Henry S. Foote, Miss. Hallmark: [asteris... More

[U.S. Military Commission to Crimea]

Four military officers, left to right: Alfred Mordecai; Lt. Colonel Obrescoff, their Russian escort; Richard Delafield; and George B. McClellan. (Source for Russian officer's identity: The Delafield Commission... More

[Henry J. Raymond, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Journalist. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W. Mitchell McAllister - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Case: scroll design. Attributed to William Young McAllister. Etched on plate: W. Mitchell McAllister, Ap. 3, 1844. Note attached to case: Mitchell when a baby, 1843. Hallmark: Rinhart 21, except with 30 instead... More

[Zachary Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Brady, N....

Reproduction of a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Zachary Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Brady, N....

Reproduction of a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hannibal Hamlin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left...

Democratic Congressman from Maine, 1843-1847; Senator, 1848-1857; Governor of Maine, 1857; Republican Senator from Maine, 1857-1861, 1869-1881; Vice President of U.S., 1861-1865. Scratched on back of plate: 95;... More

[Hannibal Hamlin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left...

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Photographer unidentified. Copy daguerreotype of post-1860 albumen photograph; daguerreotype image is reversed (?). Cropped version of Meserve no. 87 and 108. Case: plain leather, push button. Was part of LOT 1... More

[James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters v...

Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Arrived in Liberia in 1833. Secretary of State of Liberia, 1856-1860. Senator, Grand Bassa County, 1868-1869. Vice president under Edward Roye, 1870-1871. Superinte... More

[Jacob Thompson, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

Democratic Congressman, 1839-1851; U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1857-1861. Scratched on face of plate: 239; Jacob Thomp ... , 1857 cabinet. Scratched on back of plate: 136; Jacob Thompson, Cabinet, 1857. Identi... More

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