Portrait of Sally Cadwallader Ely photographed by H.C. Phillips, N.W. ...
Photograph shows Sarah "Sally" A. Cadwallader Ely (1836-1918), seated, facing front, holding a book. Ely taught at Camp Todd and Camp Rucker, freedmen's villages in Virginia, outside the Washington, D.C., area... More
Portrait of Sidney Taliaferro H.D. Garns & Co., Philada
Photograph shows a half-length portrait of Sidney Taliaferro (1854-1927) a former student and protége of Emily Howland. Taliaferro became a teacher at the Howland Chapel School in Heathsville, Virginia. She ... More
Portrait of Lydia Maria Child John A. Whipple, 297 Washington St., Bos...
Photograph shows Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880), abolitionist, author and women's rights advocate, posed reading a book. Date based on year Whipple moved his studio to 297 Washington Street, Boston. Photograph ... More
Portrait of Harriet Tubman Powelson, photographer, 77 Genesee St., Aub...
Photograph shows Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) at midlife. She is seated, turned toward the left. One hand rests on the back of a wooden chair, another rests in her lap. Date based on Library of Congress photo co... More
Portrait of Sally Cadwallader Ely photographed by H.C. Phillips, N.W. ...
Photograph shows Sarah "Sally" A. Cadwallader Ely (1836-1918), seated, facing front, holding a book. Ely taught at Camp Todd and Camp Rucker, freedmen's villages in Virginia, outside the Washington, D.C., area... More
Portrait of Miss Thiele - Public domain portrait print
Photographer not identified. Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the print. "Miss Thiele" written on album page below photograph. Collection of the Library of Congr... More
Portrait of Phebe M. Coffin - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Phebe M. Coffin (1817-1904), a teacher from Auburn, New York. Photographer not identified. "P.M. Coffin, 1857" written album page. Photograph is housed in an album. A... More
Portrait photo of Portrait of William Henry Channing
Photograph shows William Henry Channing (1810-1884), Unitarian minister, women's rights advocate, writer and Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives (from 1863-1864). Channing was also one of five directo... More
Portrait of Wendell Phillips Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway,...
Photograph shows a half-length portrait of abolitionist Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), facing left. "Wendell Phillips" inscription on album page below photograph. Photograph is housed in an album. Album page ha... More
Portrait of Mary Ann Donaldson Julius Ulke, Wash., D.C
Photograph shows Mary Ann Donaldson (1798-1881), sister of Nancy Maria Johnson (1794-1890), posed facing right in a lace lappet headpiece. Donaldson and her sister Nancy Johnson were active in the American Mis... More
Portrait of Julia Thomas Irvine Beardsley
Photograph shows Julia Josephine Thomas Irvine (1848-1930), Greek scholar and 4th President of Wellesley College (1894-1899). Date based on the year Thomas graduated Cornell (1875) and inscription date. "Julia... More
Portrait of Anna M. Stanton - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows teacher Anna M. Stanton (1832-1915). Stanton was born in Milton, Indiana to Quaker parents Peter and Cecelia Stanton. She spent the early years of her life teaching throughout Indiana, until M... More
Portrait of Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson
Photograph shows Nancy Maria Donaldon Johnson (1794-1890), posed facing left, wearing a day cap with lace lappets. Johnson and her sister Mary Donaldson, were active in the American Missionary Association. Ad... More
Portrait of Charles Sumner from photographic negative in Brady's Natio...
Photograph shows Charles Sumner (1811-1874), United States Senator from Massachusetts, seated, facing left, hands resting in lap. Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framin... More
Portrait of Charlotte Poulton - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Charlotte Poulton (1831-1910), who was born in London, England to George Poulton (1794-1834) and Mary Ann Allen (1796-1883). The Poultons and their five children were visiting New York when Ge... More
Portrait of Harriet Tubman Powelson, photographer, 77 Genesee St., Aub...
Photograph shows Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) at midlife. She is seated, turned toward the left. One hand rests on the back of a wooden chair, another rests in her lap. Date based on Library of Congress photo co... More
Portrait of Emma V. Brown M. P. Rice, A. I. Rice, photographers, 1217 ...
Photograph shows educator Emma V. Brown (1846-1902), a former student and protége of Emily Howland. In 1864 Brown was appointed teacher at the first government funded school for African American children in Wa... More
Portrait of an unidentified woman Cartes de visite
Date based on the years Rev. Jacob Henry Harter operated his studio at 83 Genesee Street after purchasing the Fine Art Gallery in 1862. "Harter's Art Gallery" on album page below photograph. Photograph is hous... More
Portrait of Francis Eugene Dowe L. Thompson, 12 Shetucket St., Norwich...
Photograph shows Francis Eugene Dowe (1842-1924). In 1865 Dowe was associated with the Commissary of Subsistence at Norfolk, Va., and the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abondoned Lands. (source: Laura W. St... More
Portrait of Walter W. Johnson Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Was...
Photograph shows Walter W. Johnson (1836-1879), civil engineer, explorer, surveyor, and teacher of freedmen in Washington, D.C. Johnson died from a fall in a Virginia mine in 1879. He was adopted by noted scie... More
Portrait of Georgiana Willets Stradling. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Photograph shows Georgiana Willets Stradling (1840-1912), of Jersey City, New Jersey. Willets was a nurse during the American Civil War. She was twenty-four years old when she went to Washington, D.C., in the s... More
Portrait of Abby D. Munro Barnard, 263 King Street, Charleston, S.C
Photograph shows Abby D. Munro (1837-1913). Originally from Bristol, Rhode Island, Munro relocated to Charleston, South Carolina and began a long teaching career at the Laing Normal and Industrial School in 18... More
Portrait of Mary Siveter Shriner Cartes de visite
Photograph possibly shows Mary Siveter Shriner (1826-1905), wife of Theodore Shriner, a physician. The couple married at Henry, Iowa in 1846. Their home in Salem, Iowa, a community founded by Quakers, served as... More
Portrait of an unidentified woman Cartes de visite
Date based on the years Rev. Jacob Henry Harter operated his studio at 83 Genesee Street after purchasing the Fine Art Gallery in 1862. "Harter's Art Gallery" on album page below photograph. Photograph is hous... More
Portrait of Charlotte Poulton - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Charlotte Poulton (1831-1910), who was born in London, England to George Poulton (1794-1834) and Mary Ann Allen (1796-1883). The Poultons and their five children were visiting New York when Ge... More
Portrait of Laura W. Stebbins L. Thompson, 12 Shetucket St., Norwich, ...
Photograph shows Laura W. Stebbins (1821-1870), a teacher and friend of Emily Howland who managed the Howland School in Heathsville, Virginia in the mid-1860s. "Miss Laura W. Stebbins, died 1870" on front of p... More
Portrait of Georgiana Willets Stradling. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Photograph shows Georgiana Willets Stradling (1840-1912), of Jersey City, New Jersey. Willets was a nurse during the American Civil War. She was twenty-four years old when she went to Washington, D.C., in the s... More
Portrait of Emma V. Brown M. P. Rice, A. I. Rice, photographers, 1217 ...
Photograph shows educator Emma V. Brown (1846-1902), a former student and protége of Emily Howland. In 1864 Brown was appointed teacher at the first government funded school for African American children in Wa... More
Portrait of Carrie Lining Barnard, 263 King Street, Charleston, S.C
Photograph possibly shows teacher Carrie Lining Moore who taught at the Laing School in Charleston, South Carolina from 1876 to about 1879 before marrying and moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Date based o... More
Portrait of Samuel S. Ely photographed by H.C. Phillips, N.W. cor. Nin...
Photograph shows civil war veteran, Samuel S. Ely (1836-1898), sitting, facing slightly left. Ely married teacher Sally Cadwallader in 1870 and died in Wyandotte, Kansas in 1898. After his civil war service h... More
Portrait of Carrie N. Lacy Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washin...
Photograph shows Caroline "Carrie" Nichols (1838-1898). Nichols worked as a Union Army nurse during the Civil War and also worked with Freedmen's camp at Camp Todd, Virginia. She married Lt. George W. Lacy, ass... More
Portrait of Mary Anna Longstreth William Curtis Taylor ; W. Henry Brow...
Photograph shows Philadelphia educator and abolitionist Mary Anna Longstreth (1811-1884). "Wm. Curtis Taylor" and "J. Henry Brown" printed below photographer's backmark. Date based on approximate years the Tay... More
Portrait of Isabel and Herbert Howland
Photograph shows Isabel and Herbert Howland, niece and nephew of Emily Howland, children of William and Hannah Letchworth Howland, of Sherwood, New York. Isabel graduated Cornell University in 1881 and subsequ... More
Portrait of Laura W. Stebbins L. Thompson, 12 Shetucket St., Norwich, ...
Photograph shows Laura W. Stebbins (1821-1870), a teacher and friend of Emily Howland who managed the Howland School in Heathsville, Virginia in the mid-1860s. "Miss Laura W. Stebbins, died 1870" on front of p... More
Portrait of Margaret Jones Burleigh Broadbent and Phillips, 1206 Chest...
Photograph shows Margaret Jones Burleigh (1817-1891), abolitionist and teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She taught Emily Howland at Mary Grew's School for Young Women in Philadelphia and was a friend an... More
Portrait of Carrie N. Lacy Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washin...
Photograph shows Caroline "Carrie" Nichols (1838-1898). Nichols worked as a Union Army nurse during the Civil War and also worked with Freedmen's camp at Camp Todd, Virginia. She married Lt. George W. Lacy, ass... More
Portrait of Agnes Howland and Slocum Howland C.E. Van Gorden, 93 Main ...
Photograph shows Agnes Howland (1859-1925) and Slocum Howland (1870-1922), children of Emily Howland's brother Benjamin and his wife Louise Powell. "Agnes & Slocum Howland" written on the album page, below the... More
Portrait of Miss Thiele - Public domain document scan of print
Photographer not identified. Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the print. "Miss Thiele" written on album page below photograph. Collection of the Library of Congr... More
Portrait of Mary Barker Bowen Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Was...
Photograph shows Mary Barker Bowen (1815-1882), facing right. Bowen, a friend of Emily Howland, was the first wife of Sayles Jenks Bowen, the former Mayor of Washington, D.C., who served from 1868 to 1870. Pho... More
Portrait of Harold M. White H.S. Towsley, i.e. Tousley, Keesville, N.Y
Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Harold M. White (1832-1862). White graduated Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) in 1856 and was admitted to the bar in 1859. By 1860 he was practicing law in Wa... More
Portrait of Willy Hall - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows a young boy standing, facing front and looking slightly right, wearing hat, checked coat and a scarf. Probably William Woodhull Hall (1853-1864), the son of Maria and William Charles Hall of J... More
Portrait of Samuel S. Ely photographed by H.C. Phillips, N.W. cor. Nin...
Photograph shows civil war veteran, Samuel S. Ely (1836-1898), sitting, facing slightly left. Ely married teacher Sally Cadwallader in 1870 and died in Wyandotte, Kansas in 1898. After his civil war service h... More
Portrait of Mrs. Hall of Jamestown, New York
Photograph shows a bust portrait a woman facing front, looking slightly left, wearing dark cap and gingham checked dress. Probably Maria Miller Woodhull Hall (1831-1913) of Jamestown, New York, who married Wil... More
Portrait of Mary Barker Bowen Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Was...
Photograph shows Mary Barker Bowen (1815-1882), facing right. Bowen, a friend of Emily Howland, was the first wife of Sayles Jenks Bowen, the former Mayor of Washington, D.C., who served from 1868 to 1870. Pho... More
Portrait of Mary Anna Longstreth William Curtis Taylor ; W. Henry Brow...
Photograph shows Philadelphia educator and abolitionist Mary Anna Longstreth (1811-1884). "Wm. Curtis Taylor" and "J. Henry Brown" printed below photographer's backmark. Date based on approximate years the Tay... More
Portrait of Abby Hadassah Smith & Julia Evelina Smith
Photograph shows suffragists Abby Hadassah Smith (1797-1878) and Julia Evelina Smith (1792-1886), wearing patterned shawls, standing informally behind a pedestal table. Photographer not identified. Date based ... More
Portrait of Wendell Phillips Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway,...
Photograph shows a half-length portrait of abolitionist Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), facing left. "Wendell Phillips" inscription on album page below photograph. Photograph is housed in an album. Album page ha... More
Portrait of Lydia Maria Child John A. Whipple, 297 Washington St., Bos...
Photograph shows Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880), abolitionist, author and women's rights advocate, posed reading a book. Date based on year Whipple moved his studio to 297 Washington Street, Boston. Photograph ... More
Portrait of Mary Ann Donaldson Julius Ulke, Wash., D.C
Photograph shows Mary Ann Donaldson (1798-1881), sister of Nancy Maria Johnson (1794-1890), posed facing right in a lace lappet headpiece. Donaldson and her sister Nancy Johnson were active in the American Mis... More
Portrait of Sidney Taliaferro H.D. Garns & Co., Philada
Photograph shows a half-length portrait of Sidney Taliaferro (1854-1927) a former student and protége of Emily Howland. Taliaferro became a teacher at the Howland Chapel School in Heathsville, Virginia. She ... More
Portrait of Charles Sumner from photographic negative in Brady's Natio...
Photograph shows Charles Sumner (1811-1874), United States Senator from Massachusetts, seated, facing left, hands resting in lap. Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framin... More
Portrait of Francis Eugene Dowe L. Thompson, 12 Shetucket St., Norwich...
Photograph shows Francis Eugene Dowe (1842-1924). In 1865 Dowe was associated with the Commissary of Subsistence at Norfolk, Va., and the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abondoned Lands. (source: Laura W. St... More
Portrait of Margaret Jones Burleigh Broadbent and Phillips, 1206 Chest...
Photograph shows Margaret Jones Burleigh (1817-1891), abolitionist and teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She taught Emily Howland at Mary Grew's School for Young Women in Philadelphia and was a friend an... More
Portrait of Julia Thomas Irvine Beardsley
Photograph shows Julia Josephine Thomas Irvine (1848-1930), Greek scholar and 4th President of Wellesley College (1894-1899). Date based on the year Thomas graduated Cornell (1875) and inscription date. "Julia... More
Portrait of Susie Bruce S.J. Fowler, 77 Genesee Street, Auburn, N.Y
Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Susan Bruce (1850-1866), a student and protegé of Emily Howland, likely taken during one of Bruce's visits to Howland's home in Sherwood, New York. "Susie Bruce" on a... More
Portrait of Anna M. Stanton Cartes de visite
Photograph shows teacher Anna M. Stanton (1832-1915). Stanton was born in Milton, Indiana to Quaker parents Peter and Cecelia Stanton. She spent the early years of her life teaching throughout Indiana, until M... More
Portrait of Agnes Howland and Slocum Howland C.E. Van Gorden, 93 Main ...
Photograph shows Agnes Howland (1859-1925) and Slocum Howland (1870-1922), children of Emily Howland's brother Benjamin and his wife Louise Powell. "Agnes & Slocum Howland" written on the album page, below the... More
Portrait of Carrie Lining Barnard, 263 King Street, Charleston, S.C
Photograph possibly shows teacher Carrie Lining Moore who taught at the Laing School in Charleston, South Carolina from 1876 to about 1879 before marrying and moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Date based o... More
Portrait of Abby Hadassah Smith & Julia Evelina Smith
Photograph shows suffragists Abby Hadassah Smith (1797-1878) and Julia Evelina Smith (1792-1886), wearing patterned shawls, standing informally behind a pedestal table. Photographer not identified. Date based ... More
Portrait of Harold M. White H.S. Towsley, i.e. Tousley, Keesville, N.Y
Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Harold M. White (1832-1862). White graduated Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) in 1856 and was admitted to the bar in 1859. By 1860 he was practicing law in Wa... More
Portrait of Susie Bruce S.J. Fowler, 77 Genesee Street, Auburn, N.Y
Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Susan Bruce (1850-1866), a student and protegé of Emily Howland, likely taken during one of Bruce's visits to Howland's home in Sherwood, New York. "Susie Bruce" on a... More
Portrait of Walter W. Johnson Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Was...
Photograph shows Walter W. Johnson (1836-1879), civil engineer, explorer, surveyor, and teacher of freedmen in Washington, D.C. Johnson died from a fall in a Virginia mine in 1879. He was adopted by noted scie... More
Portrait photo of Portrait of William Henry Channing
Photograph shows William Henry Channing (1810-1884), Unitarian minister, women's rights advocate, writer and Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives (from 1863-1864). Channing was also one of five directo... More
Portrait of Mrs. Hall of Jamestown, New York
Photograph shows a bust portrait a woman facing front, looking slightly left, wearing dark cap and gingham checked dress. Probably Maria Miller Woodhull Hall (1831-1913) of Jamestown, New York, who married Wil... More
Portrait of Abby D. Munro Barnard, 263 King Street, Charleston, S.C
Photograph shows Abby D. Munro (1837-1913). Originally from Bristol, Rhode Island, Munro relocated to Charleston, South Carolina and began a long teaching career at the Laing Normal and Industrial School in 18... More