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Anna Gourlay

Date: 01 25 1864
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype portrait of Anna Martin Gourlay (1858-1864). She is seated, facing forward, wearing a short-sleeved dress, and holding a doll...
Photograph

Lucius Fairchild

Date: 11 1863
Description: Photograph of Lucius Fairchild of the 2nd Wisconsin made by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C. about three months after the Battle of Gettysburg. Severely wo...
Map or Atlas

Map shewing [sic] the Several Routes Proposed for the Passage of Gun-Boats to the Lakes

Date: 1862
Description: Lithography of C. Van Benthuysen.
Photograph

Lincoln Funeral Car

Date: 04 1865
Description: Shrouded Lincoln funeral car stopped along the way to Springfield, Illinois.
Book or Pamphlet

Single Mower Advertising Booklet

Date: 1862
Description: Cover of an advertising booklet for John H. Manny's Single Mower. It features an illustration of men using the mower, surrounded by informative text.
Poster

Third Reg't Excelsior Brigade, Company "G," Seventy-Second Regt. N.Y. Vol. Inf.

Date: 1861
Description: Printer's proof of Civil War roster on waste paper.
Poster

Epitome of the 37th Reg't, New Jersey Volunteers

Date: 10 25 1864
Description: Poster of statistics and history of the regiment.
Poster

Conditions of Peace Required of the So-Called Seceded States

Date: 04 24 1861
Description: A Civil War agitational poster listing eight requirements of the Confederate States for peace with the Union.
Poster

Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment Picture

Date: 1865
Description: Key to a composite portrait of the members of Congress who voted for to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which the caption misidenti...
Photograph

George A. Custer

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General George A. Custer.
Photograph

Joseph Hooker

Date: 1862
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Joseph Hooker. General Hooker received a commission of Brigadier General from President Lincoln followin...
Photograph

The Great Union Meeting

Date: 04 20 1861
Description: Elevated stereograph view of the Great Union Meeting at the New York City Union Square.
Print

Jefferson Davis on a Tightrope

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis walks a tightrope over a waterfall heading toward the side of a cliff on which is the Capitol building, a soldier, and the Union flag. Behi...
Print

The War for the Union, New York City

Date: 1860
Description: A white sailor and a Native American man are sitting on the ground near the water, with ships in the distance. The colonist is holding a sextant in his lef...
Photograph

The Great Union Meeting - Anaglyph

Date: 04 20 1861
Description: Elevated stereograph view of the Great Union Meeting at the New York City Union Square.
Magazine or Periodical

Scene in a Velocipede Riding School, New York City

Date: 02 13 1869
Description: Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance.
Print

D.M. Osborne & Co. Advertisement

Date: 1860
Description: Advertisement card that reads: "The Kirby. It Mows! It Reaps! It Rakes!" Includes a photograph that has been pasted onto the card of a man using the Kirby.
Book or Pamphlet

Walter A. Wood Advertisement

Date: 1864
Description: Advertisement for self raking reaper and combined hand raker and prize mowing machine. Includes an illustration of a man using a horse-drawn reaper at the ...
Print

"The Revolution"

Date: 07 15 1869
Description: Page one of the "The Revolution."
Print

These Colors Never Run Letterhead

Date: 11 18 1861
Description: Letterhead with the 35 star American flag. Printed text below the flag reads: "These Colors never run." 4 page, folded, illustration printed in upper left...

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