Newburgh: Abel A. Peck, 1860s. 3 ½ x 2 ¼ albumen print on larger mount. A carte-de-visite copy of a folk art painting probably painted c. 1820s-1830s. William Seymore (1786-1846) was a Methodist minister in Bellvale, New York. Edward Ruttenber and L.H. Clark, in their 1881 History of Orange County.....
Boston: c. 1874. Albumen carte-de-visite photograph, 3 ¾ x 2 ¼ inches, on original mount with photographer’s mark to verso. Joshua Bowen Smith was a Boston-based abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, who also owned his own catering company. Born in Philadelphia to a British father and mother of.....
Carlisle: J.N. Choate, 1880-1885. Albumen cabinet card, 8 x 4 ⅞ inches on slightly larger mount. Carlisle Indian Industrial School, founded in 1879, was one of the most influential institutions of its type during its existence from 1879 to 1919. The purpose of the school - unlike some predecessors such.....
Mostly California: Various Photographers, 1860s-1880s. First Edition. Albumen cartes-de-visite, generally 2 3⁄4 x 3 3⁄4 inches on larger mounts. The Chinese-American communities that existed prior to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 were mostly on the West Coast, with a few others scattered throughout the country. This collection, assembled over.....
Virginia City: Sutterley and Co., 1864-1867. Albumen photograph on mount, 4 x 2 ½ inches. Pauline Cushman was an actress and one of the most successful spies for the Union Army. She ingratiated herself with the Confederate army by toasting Jefferson Davis after one of her performances. She was eventually.....
Havana: R. Testar, 1890s. Albumen photograph on cardstock mount, image measuring 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches on 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inch mount. A view of an American warship in Havana harbor, likely taken prior to the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Spain in early.....
Montana Territory: 1880s. Albumen photographs measuring from 8 x 5 ½ to 8 ½ x 6 ½ on 6 ½ x 8 ½ inch mounts. Fort Assiniboine was located in present-day north-central Montana, and was notable during the Indian Wars period for several reasons: for housing the 10th Cavalry Buffalo.....
Nashua: J. Riley, 1880s-1890s. Albumen photograph, 5 ½ x 4 inches on larger mount. A portrait of seven women holding weaving shuttles, most likely mill workers in Nashua. Two large mills, the Nashua Manufacturing Company and the Jackson Manufacturing Company, were active during this period, though we cannot confirm if.....
New York: Obermuller and Son, 1905. Silver gelatin print, 3 ¾ x 5 ⅜ inches on larger mount. Marie Bayrooty was the only female member of the Bayrooty Brothers Oriental Troupe, who performed on the Barnum and Bailey Circus sideshow. A famous 'whirling dervish,' - as members of the Mevlevi.....
Rushville: J.E. Meddaugh, 1890. Albumen cabinet card photograph, 6 ⅛ x 4 ⅜ inches on larger mount. In the period prior to the Wounded Knee Massacre, many white members of the media visited the areas surrounding the Pine Ridge Reservation to witness the Ghost Dance and capitalize on any ensuing.....
J.A. Brush: Minnesota, 1877. 2 ¼ x 4 inch image on slightly larger mount. Chambers, a seven-year-old boy at the time of the Civil War, followed the soldiers Jasper Dickey and David Scofield from Georgia back to their homes in Minnesota. The two soldiers raised him. He died in 1936.....