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Sontheim, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Heinrich Sontheim, German tenor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 1269. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Mrs. Thomas Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Alexa...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United St... More

[Robert Barnwell Rhett, II, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Written on mount: Rhett, Thos. G. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Andrew B. Moore, war governor of Ala.

Notation on recto: B8161-10033. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

[Stephen A. Douglas, full-length portrait, facing front]

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lieutenant Francis Brownell of Co. A, 11th New York Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows portrait of Brownell in Zouave uniform with bayoneted musket and sword. Notation on verso: He shot the man who killed Ellsworth.

[Photograph of a campaign button with portrait of Abraham Lincoln and ...

Stamped on verso: Gift, Joseph Verner Reed, July 22, 1955. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lincoln ... Campaign.

[Group of six men, one in Union uniform]

Notation on verso: Joe Reynolds, Capt. Weeks, Dr.[?] Frank, A. Mills, W. Dasasie[?], Geo. Warren. April 1864.

Laird Collier / Warren., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows Robert Laird Collier, Protestant minister and author, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Charles Herber Clark, author (pen name, Max Adler), half-length portr...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niemann, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Albert Niemann, Wagnerian tenor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 1219. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Rückert, portrait - Public domain portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph of painting shows German poet Friedrich Rückert, half-length portrait, facing left. No. 149. Photograph is a reproduction of a portrait painting. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 1... More

Anna E. Dickenson, Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows Anna E. Dickinson, social reformer, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Welcome the dude / Chester & Handy, photographers, S.W. Cor. Stockton ...

Photograph shows photographer, possibly Levin Corbin Handy, with camera on tripod in front of painted backdrop showing ocean waves; a sign advertising Chester & Handy is attached to the camera. On verso: Good ... More

Frances L. Clalin 4 mo. heavy artillery Co. I, 13 mo. Calvary Co. A. 2...

Photograph shows portrait of Frances Clalin Clayton, woman who disguised herself as a man, "Jack Williams," to fight in the Civil War, standing, wearing uniform. Purchase; Thomas Harris; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:182... More

John B. Floyd / Charles D. Fredricks & Co., "Specialité," 587 Broadway...

Photograph shows reproduction of portrait painting of Brigadier-General John B. Floyd of Virginia in military uniform.

Portrait photo of Hart - Public domain portrait print

Photograph showing man as full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing a morning coat. Autographed: Hart.

[Thomas G. Pratt, Maryland governor, half-length portrait, facing left...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexander Hamilton Stephens, half-length studio portrait, sitting] / ...

Gift ; Francis H. McAdoo ; August 26, 1949. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites... More

[C. Wellman, half-length portrait, facing left]

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucca, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows opera singer Pauline Lucca, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. No. 1100. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Eugene Hale, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Maine congressman Eugene Hale, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. Stamped on verso: Return to George Grantham Bain ... Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

H. Berlioz / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl v. Sophus Williams, Berl...

Photograph of painting by Ernst Hader shows composer Hector Berlioz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Henry W. Banks Davis, R.A. - Public domain portrait print

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

The Bard of Shanty H'll, Sarah A. Kelly Nominated for Poet Lacureate [...

Photograph shows portrait of Mrs. Sarah A. Ulrich Kelley of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, known as the Bard of Shanty Hill. 11614 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Richard Zschille, German art collector, head-and-shoulders portrait, ...

Written in ink on verso: Richard Zschille, Germany; H. Judge; CA 9209 ... Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested ... More

[Karl Bernhard Lehmann, German toxicologist, half-length portrait, fac...

Written on verso in ink: Professor C. Lehmann, Berlin. Germany; C Judge. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection about judges and commissioners who served a... More

[Junius Tumbull, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Written in ink on verso: James Tumbull, Monticello, Fla. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a c... More

[Ole Engelstad, half-length portrait, in uniform, seated, facing right...

Photograph blind stamped on lower left corner. Written in pencil on verso. O. Engelstad, Lt. Com. Norwegian Navy to command Arctic exploration ship. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

The great surrender America surrenders the great commissioners - Engla...

Photograph shows reproduction of montage with portrait photographs of heads of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, James Murray Mason, John Slidell, and William H. Seward on caricature drawings of bodies at seashor... More

Francis Jackson, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows abolitionist Francis Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Stamped on verso: Sewall Coll. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Robert Augustus Toombs, of Georgia, three-quarter length portrait, fa...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A. H. Dill] / D. C. Burnite, 16 North 3rd St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvan...

Photograph showing man as head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

[Arthur Linn, U.S.A., in uniform, full-length portrait, facing front]

Inscribed on verso: Very Truly Yours, Arthur Linn. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Gift; Henry S. Libby; 1979.

[Military camp at Morris Island, South Carolina] / G.T. Lape, photogra...

Photograph shows rows of tents, possibly of the 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, on a beach. Neg. no. B8184-10378. Information from the back of a similar photo in the collection of Robin Stanford. Cancelled two ce... More

The devil's auction / J. Gurney & Son.

Photograph shows actress Kitty Dowd, in costume, full-length portrait, facing front. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Arsenio Martinez Campos, Spanish captain-general of Cuba, three-quart...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlotte Wolter - Public domain portrait print

Charlotte Wolter, Austrian actress, in costume as Messalina, lounging on a chaise, full-length portrait, facing left. No. 1248. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Maud Granger, actress, in costume as Rosalind, full-length portrait, ...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain scan of actress portrait, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Dr. George Huston Chapman, surgeon, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

Written on verso: Dr. G. Huston Chapman, [?], KY. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection about judges and commissioners who served at the 1893 World's Colu... More

[Frank George Carpenter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / P...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gustav Spiess, German merchant, half-length portrait, facing right] /...

Written in ink on verso: Consul General Gustav Spiess; Hon. Gustav Spiess, Germany, Commissioner. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John... More

[H.K. Fosnos, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / L. Szacinski...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sarah (Sally) Anderson Frémont, wife of Admiral John Charles Frémont,...

Written on verso: Mrs. J.C. Frémont, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., Jan. 30th, 1910; stamped on verso: From George Grantham Bain ... Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Colonel Hunt / Mrs. Martin, Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with "Liberty Band" bass drum] ...

[Fanny Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Geistinger, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Austrian actress/singer Marie Geistinger, head-and-shoulders portrait, in costume, facing left. No. 1395. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Maximiliano, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, facing left, after an engraving by Metzmacher. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

W.L. Shaw, 1st Lt. ... - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Lt. W. L. Shaw, in uniform, facing slightly right, half-length portrait. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Simon Cameron, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Item transfered from Manusacript Division. No. MSS.AC. 6681. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Abraham Lincoln and family looking at a book]

Photograph of a print. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Gift; Jennie A. Rhodes; 1949 Dec. 30.

A. J. Byram, 10th Iowa Infantry

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Andrew J. Byram of Co. K, 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment, in uniform. No. 402.

Capt. E. J. Kuhn, 10th Iowa - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of Captain Elbert J. Kuhn of Co. G, 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment, in uniform. Notation on verso: Severely wounded at Champion's Hill, May 16 - 63. Notation on verso: Handy.

[General Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform] / M.B. Brady & Co. Nati...

Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of "Carolina twins," Millie and Christina

Photograph shows portrait of conjoined twins and circus performers Millie and Christine McCoy. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by Mrs. Joseph P. Smith, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S.... More

[Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brigadier General, C.S.A., half-length portra...

Tintype made from glass neg. LC-B812-2708(?) was altered to show Cooper in his military uniform. Written on verso: Brig. Genl. D. H. Cooper, Miss. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Charles F. Chandler, chemist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing lef...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James Buchanan Eads, engineer and inventor of ironclad warships, head...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Wilhelm Spemann, German publisher, half-length portrait, facing right...

47664 U.S. Copyright Office. Written in ink on verso: W. Spemann ... Stuttgart; Wilhelm Spemann, Germany; L Judge. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection a... More

Freiligrath, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. No. 1338. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Lydia E. Becker, three-quarter length portrait, seated facing right] ...

Written on verso: Editor Englishwoman's Review for many years. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Portrait photo of Longfellow - Public domain portrait photograph

No. 1285. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Walter Scott Lenox, founder of Lenox Ceramic Art Company, half-length...

Written on verso: Walter S. Lenox, Trenton, N.J.; Judge in H(?). Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits... More

[Emmeline B. Wells, women's rights advocate, head-and-shoulders portra...

Inscribed on verso: Emmeline B. Wells, Salt Lake City, Apr. 6, 1891; stamped on verso: Sewall Coll. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Colonel Hunt / Mrs. Martin, Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas.

U.S. General Hospital, at Hilton Head, S.C. Description: Built facing ...

On verso: For sale by E.D. Doolittle, Army, Navy Printing & Photographs, No. 83 Grand St., N.Y. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

[William E. Burton, actor and theatrical impresario, three-quarter len...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[O. J. Hollister, author and editor of the Daily Mining Journal, head-...

Inscribed on photograph: Faithfully yours, O. J. Hollister. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

François-Victor Hugo [graphic] / / Thiébault, Bd., Bonne Nouvellé, 31.

Bacard Fils was the son-in-law and successor to Thiébault. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Ambroise Thomas, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows Amboise Thomas, French composer, head-and-shoulders portrait, chin resting on left hand, facing left. 1302 hand written on mount. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. R... More

"Nick Biddle," of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the first man wounded in t...

Photograph shows Nicholas Biddle, an African American Union soldier, in uniform, half-length portrait, facing front. Photographer's stamp on verso. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Ruins of light house, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows observation tower built atop lighthouse ruins. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

D. H. Bates / Photographed by Philp & Solomons' Metropolitan Gallery, ...

Photograph shows portrait of David Homer Bates, an original operator of the United States Military Telegraph Corps. Found with ambrotype of the original four operators of the United States Military Telegraph C... More

[General Winfield Scott Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, in unifo...

Stamped on verso: Rockwood, successor; return to George Grantham Bain, 255 Canal Street. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

President Lincoln's first home in Illinois

Photograph of drawing shows two men standing in front of a log cabin. Additional text: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865 by J.L. Campbell...for the Northern District of Illinois. Written on... More

[Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, General Miguel Miramón, an...

Written on verso: Death of Maximilian (purported to be). Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1939 May 19.

W.M. Clark / Chas. Bohm, Denver, Col.

Photograph shows W.M. Clark (William M. Clark, Denver lawyer?), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Dudley J. Spaulding, Wisconsin businessman, half-length portrait, fac...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection about judges and commissioners who served at th... More

Brandt, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Austrian mezzo soprano Marianne Brandt, half-length portrait, facing left. No. 1369. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Gustav Klupfel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / C.F. Sch...

Written on verso: Dr. Gustav Klupfel, Germany. E. Judge. Gustav Klupfel, Stuttgart. Royal counselor, Director of the mint. 1893 judge at the Columbian Exhib., Dep. E., Mines, Mining & Metallurgy. Reference cop... More

[Ella Whitney Gould, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Peyt...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Count Henry Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden, head-and-shoulders portrait...

Title devised by Library staff from hand-written name on back of the photo. Written on verso: Count Henry Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden 1893. Judge in A." Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher ... More

Alexandra Gripenberg / K.E. Ståhlberg., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Baroness Alexandra Gripenberg, Finnish author and feminist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Stamped on verso: Sewall Coll. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Sailing ships at wharf in harbor] / G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chat...

Cancelled stamp on verso. Neg. no. B8184-10378. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg wh... More

P.T. Barnum / Charles D. Fredricks & Co., "Specialité," 587 Broadway, ...

On verso: two cent stamp postmarked September 3, 1864. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Street, Philade...

Photograph (no. 261a) shows street view including Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, Union Volunteer Hospital, and other buildings; accompanied by envelope (no. 261b) signed by Sam B. Fales and listing names o... More

Col. Cleary - Public domain portrait engraving

Photograph of earlier, heavily retouched, photograph shows Col. Cleary, half-length portrait, facing front. Stamped on verso: Source unknown, Nov. 28, 1949. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

George Washington Campbell, secretary of the treasury, 1814

Photograph of painting shows George Washington Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Ulysses S. Grant, in uniform, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fro...

Photograph of etching was possibly a carte de visite before being trimmed to oval shape. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[General James Longstreet, C.S.A., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L. S. Trowbridge, Mich.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows portrait of Brevet Brigadier General Luther Stephen Trowbridge of Field and Staff, 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, and Field and Staff, 10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, in uniform. Notation on v... More

[Henry Richard Harris, Georgia congressman, head-and-shoulders portrai...

On verso: The Brady National Gallery; photographer's name illegible. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Maud Granger and John Lawrence Toole, actors, in costume for play As ...

Written on verso: Granger & Lawrence; Rosalind, "As you like it." Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Jean-Baptiste Faure, French opera singer, head-and-shoulders portrait...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artôt, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Desirée Artôt, Belgian mezzo-soprano, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. No. 1110. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Meyer, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a young woman viewed from the back, half-length portrait, facing left. No. 1275. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Pierre Jean de Béranger, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] /...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocks could not save him at the Battle of Gettysburg / Negative by T.H...

On recto: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. On verso: Photographic incidents of the war. No. 251. F... More

[Brothers James McHenry Howard (1838-1916), First Maryland Infantry, C...

(Source: Civil War Times Magazine Facebook page (accessed 19 May 2015); Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer, McHenry Howard, 1914, frontispiece portrait of McHenry Howard (GoogleB... More

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