![[C.1890s Photographs of Industrial Titan Jay Cooke at his Hunting Camp, Ogontz Lodge]. Jay Cooke; 1821–1905.](/images/noimage-req.png)
Photograph album leaves and loose photographs from American Civil War and railroad financier Jay Cooke’s hunting and fishing camp, “Ogontz Lodge,” Lycoming County, in upstate... Read More
Jane Dabney Shackelford was a black woman author and Indiana native. Shackelford’s goal with her book was to “portray the life of the average Negro... Read More
![[Mammoth Photograph of an American Bridal Party]. Unkwn.](/pictures/thumb/3727240_1.jpg?v=1537547098)
Very unusual, extremely large-format or “mammoth” studio photograph of an American bridal party. We’ve never seen a wedding photo so large. Even the wedding party... Read More
![[Carte de Visite of an English Cocker Spaniel wearing spectacles, posing on a footstool with boy nearby]. Photographer Presby.](/pictures/thumb/3727516_1.jpg?v=1535409020)
Humorous carte de visite photograph of a young boy and his English Cocker Spaniel dog. The long-eared spaniel stands partly upright, fore paws on a.... Read More
![[Carte de Visite:] Mr. and Mrs. Gen. General Tom Thumb. General Tom Thumb, Charles Sherwood Stratton, 1838–1883, Mercy Lavinia Warren née Bump Stratton, 1842–1919.](/pictures/thumb/3727515_1.jpg?v=1535409020)
Full-length CDV portrait of General Tom Thumb and his wife, the celebrated dwarf circus performers for P.T. Barnum. The CDV appears to be after a.... Read More
![[Carte de Visite:] Lincoln Family. Abraham Lincoln.](/pictures/thumb/3727514_1.jpg?v=1535409019)
Carte de visite photograph of the Civil War-era family of President Abraham and Mary Lincoln derived from an engraving made by engraver Adam B. Walter... Read More
![[Envelope with Inset Miniature Tintype Portrait of Isabella Jane Hawthorn]. Isabella Jane Hawthorn.](/pictures/thumb/3727513_1.jpg?v=1535409018)
Here, a “gem” tintype portrait of young Isabella Jane Hawthorn, with her hand-tinted rosy cheeks, is conjoined with another Victorian custom of calling cards and... Read More
![[Victorian Calling Card for Mrs. John Mowle with Inset Miniature Tintype or “Gem” Portrait]. Mrs. John Mowle.](/pictures/thumb/3727109_1.jpg?v=1535409018)
Miniature tintype photographs, also called “gem” photos for their diminutive size, were a popular and inexpensive photographic format in the Victorian era. Here a portrait... Read More
![[Carte de visite Photograph of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln]. Mary Todd Lincoln; 1818–1882.](/pictures/thumb/3727108_1.jpg?v=1535409018)
Carte de visite half-lenth portrait photograph of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln, made by Boston photographer Edward L. Allen. The... Read More
![[1894 Eastman Business College Friendship Album augmented with Calligraphy Drawings and Original Photographs]. J. W. Hertzog.](/pictures/thumb/3727222_1.jpg?v=1534362503)
With 190 identified miniature portrait albumen photographs within, this Eastman Business College friendship album was kept by J. W. Hertzog of Exeter Station [now Lorane]... Read More
![Aloha Hawaii. [Hawaii Postal Envelope with Panoramic and Other Views from Photographs]. Hawaii Promotion Committee.](/pictures/thumb/3726760_1.jpg?v=1534362465)
A tourist item, functioning as both a means to communicate, and mail a brief message from Hawaii (in this case in 1909), and as a.... Read More
![[WWII Submarine Album: “Photographic History of the 5th War Patrol of the SS241.”]. Ciro Parisi.](/pictures/thumb/3726740_1.jpg?v=1534362453)
World War II photograph album documenting the fifth war patrol of the Gato-class submarine U.S.S. Dace. The vessel sailed out of San Francisco on April... Read More
![[C. 1890s American Sporting Camp Photograph of Young Men and Women and Their African American Cook]. Unk.](/pictures/thumb/3726686_1.jpg?v=1534994968)
Interesting photograph of an American camping party of young men and women posing with sporting equipment and hunting and fishing gear. Joining them, but on... Read More
![The White Slave. [Stereoview Card]. Dealer in.. Stereoscopes William Harrison, Views.. Philadelphia.](/pictures/thumb/3726682_1.jpg?v=1534362441)
Stereoview photograph of an African-American dandy having his shoes shined by a little white boy. The caption title, The White Slave, archly refers both to... Read More
Excellent circa 1920s photograph of the Boston Symphony Orchestra advertising Buescher True Tone Saxophones: In late 1924, the first bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra... Read More
![[C.1880s Albumen Photograph of Cadets at Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Aurora, New York]. Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Walter Douglas Young; 1870–?](/pictures/thumb/3726652_1.jpg?v=1534362434)
Photograph of a group of military cadets in uniform at Cayuga Lake Military Academy in Aurora, New York. A drum head or shield in the... Read More
![[Three Real Photo Postcards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s.]. Nolte Photographer.](/pictures/thumb/3726632_1.jpg?v=1534362431)
Three images, all lettered in the negative: An image of a civic celebration in downtown Lewistown, Pennsylvania. A large Welcome banner can be seen. Lettered... Read More
Description of a visit to the Cooperstown, New York home of American novelist, James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851). The author explored Cooperstown and its environs, which... Read More
![[1903 South Omaha Live Stock Exchange Photograph—“The Second Market of the World.”]. South Omaha Live Stock Exchange.](/pictures/thumb/3726150_1.jpg?v=1534362338)
The Union Stockyards of South Omaha, Nebraska were founded in 1883 and soon became a rival to the great Chicago stockyard and meatpacking industry. This... Read More
![[Autographed Cabinet Card Photograph of Carnival Entertainer Chiquita, The Doll Queen]. Mrs. Anthony C. Woeckener; Espiridena Alize Cenda1870–1928.](/pictures/thumb/3725702_1.jpg?v=1534362318)
Chiquita, The Doll Queen was a dwarf. Born in Cuba, some sources say Mexico, she was a very successful entertainer with the traveling Bostock-Ferari Carnival... Read More
The Arts and Crafts utopian art community Byrdcliffe was founded in 1902 near Woodstock, New York. The principal founders were Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead and his... Read More
The Eolyn Carolyn Klugh Guy photograph collection and archive document the family, travels, college education, and marriage of an early twentieth century, upper middle class... Read More
