| Contributor |
Anthony, Edward photographer. |
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Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 photographer. |
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Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer. |
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Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870 printer. |
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Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 engraver. |
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Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 artist. |
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Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer. |
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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 photographer. |
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Magee, James, printer. |
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M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.) photographer. |
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Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885 engraver. |
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Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895 engraver. |
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Sartain, John, 1808-1897 engraver. |
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Barnard & Gibson, photographer. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Dainty, John, publisher. |
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E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher. |
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Winch, Alden, publisher. |
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Harbach & Brother, publisher. |
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J.A. Lowell & Co., publisher. |
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J.E. Tilton and Company, publisher. |
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L. Prang & Co., publisher. |
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McAllister & Brother, publisher. |
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Wm. S. & A. Martien, publisher. |
| Title |
Civil War scrapbook of portraits. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1861-1904 |
| Date |
ca. 1861-1904 |
| Physical Description |
1 scrapbook (ca. 260 prints, photographs, newspaper clippings, and advertisements): engraving, lithograph, albumen, albumen
on carte de visite mount, letter press work, photomechanical print; 35 x 27 cm.(13.75 x 10.25 in.)
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| Description |
Scrapbook containing portraiture of Civil War military and political figures, including cartes de visite, card portraits,
portrait prints, group portraits, photo montages, caricatures and newspaper clippings. Group portraits include the cabinet
of Abraham Lincoln; lithographs and cartes de viste titled "The Defenders of Our Union" portraying the generals of the Union
Army; and cartes de visite views at Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown on May 1-2, 1862 showing Gen Van Vliet and friends,
General Marcy and friends, and officers servants. Also contains several unidentified cartes de visite portraits of Union military
personnel; a 1904 card from the Massachusetts Military Order of the Loyal Legion requesting war-time portraits; and advertisements
for portrait engravers and publishers, J.C Buttre, Wm. S. & A. Martien, L. Prang & Co., and A. Winch. Buttre advertisement
also contains a manuscript note by Buttre to J.A. McAllister dated January 31, 1862 requesting a likeness of Secretary Stanton.
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Sitters include Nathaniel Banks, Louis Blenker, Ambrose Burnside, John C. Fremont, George McClellan, Winfield Scott, John
Sedgwick, William Henry Seward, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Franz Sigel, Edward Stanton, Edwin V. Sumner, George
Sykes, George H. Thomas, James S. Wadsworth, Alexander Webb, Gideon Welles, Charles Wilkes, James H. Wilson, Isaac J. Wistar,
and Fernando Wood.
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| Notes |
Various artists and photographers including Barnard & Gibson, James Black, Mathew Brady, John Chester Buttre, Washington Lafayette
Germon, Frederick Gutekunst, James E. McClees, George E. Perine, A.H. Ritchie, and John Sartain
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Various publishers including John Dainty, E. & H.T. Anthony, J.A. Lowell & Co., J.E. Tilton & Co., L. Prang & Co, McAllister
& Brother, and Wm. S. & A. Martien.
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 -- Portraits. |
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Blenker, Louis, 1812-1863 -- Portraits. |
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Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 -- Portraits. |
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Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 -- Portraits. |
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McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Portraits. |
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Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 -- Portraits. |
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Sedgwick, John, 1813-1864 -- Portraits. |
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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Portraits. |
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Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 -- Portraits. |
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Portraits. |
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Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902 -- Portraits. |
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Stanton, Edward -- Portraits. |
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Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863 -- Portraits. |
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Sykes, George, 1802-1880 -- Portraits. |
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Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870 -- Portraits. |
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Wadsworth, James S. (James Samuel), 1807-1864 -- Portraits. |
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Webb, Alexander S. (Alexander Stewart), 1835-1911 -- Portraits. |
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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 -- Portraits. |
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Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 -- Portraits. |
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Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925 -- Portraits. |
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Wistar, Isaac J. (Isaac Jones), 1827-1905 -- Portraits. |
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Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881 -- Portraits. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
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Engravings -- 1860-1870. |
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Group portraits -- 1860-1870. |
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Inscriptions -- 1860-1870. |
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Letterpress works -- 1900-1910. |
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Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Photomechanical prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Portrait prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Scrapbooks -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
Dainty, John, publisher. |
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Winch, Alden, publisher. |
| Printer |
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher. |
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Harbach & Brother, publisher. |
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J.A. Lowell & Co., publisher. |
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J.E. Tilton and Company, publisher. |
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L. Prang & Co., publisher. |
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McAllister & Brother, publisher. |
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Wm. S. & A. Martien, publisher. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - McAllister Civil War scrapbook of portraits [(2)5775.F] |
| Accession number |
(2)5775.F |
