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Two volume set of albums containing predominately cartes-de-visite photographic portraits of prominent American 19th-century figures in politics, education, and the arts, ca. 1870.

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Title: American celebrities album [graphic].
Subject: Albani, Emma, Dame -- Portraits., Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Portraits., Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 -- Portraits., Blind Tom, 1849-1908 -- Portraits., Cleveland, Frances Folsom, 1864-1947, -- Portraits., Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876 -- Portraits., Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Portraits., Field, Kate, 1838-1896 -- Portraits., Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918 -- Portraits., Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908 -- Portraits., Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 -- Portraits., Ouray -- Portraits., Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 -- Portraits., Ream, Vinnie, 1847-1914 -- Portraits., Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 -- Portraits., Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 -- Portraits., Spotted Tail, 1823-1881 -- Portraits., Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Portraits., Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927 -- Portraits., Actors -- United States., African American entertainers -- United States., African American abolitionists -- United States., Authors -- United States., Educators -- United States., Governors -- United States., Indians of North America -- Kings and rulers., Legislators -- United States., Military personnel -- United States., Physicians -- United States., Presidents -- United States., Presidents' spouses -- United States., Publishers -- United States., Scientists -- United States., Social reformers -- United States., Spiritual leaders -- United States., Women -- United States.
Description: Two volume set of albums containing predominately cartes-de-visite photographic portraits of prominent American 19th-century figures in politics, education, and the arts, ca. 1870.
Contributor: Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896, photographer., Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895, photographer., Warren, G. K. (George Kendall) d. 1884, photographer., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), photographer.
Date: ca. 1870-ca. 1890
Type: Portrait photographs -- 1870-1890., Cartes de visite -- 1870-1890., Engravings -- 1870-1890., Tintypes -- 1870-1890., Collages -- 1870-1890., Card photograph albums -- 1870-1890., Leather bindings (Binding),
Format: 2 albums (ca. 581 photographic prints): ca. 571 albumen on carte de visite mount; ca. 8 engravings; ca. 2 tintypes; 28 x 33 cm. (11 x 13 in.)
Identifier: Islandora:AMCE1, digitool:111227, Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT albums - American Celebrities Album [P.9100.1 & 2], P.9100.1, P.9100.2

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: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1823-1911 [graphic].; Reformer, author, Unitarian minister., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Thurlow Weed, 1797-1882 [graphic].; Printer, journalist, N.Y. politician., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822-1885 [graphic].; Commander Union army, U.S. president., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.

: Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822-1885 [graphic].; Commander Union army, U.S. president., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.

: Valentine Mott, 1785-1865 [graphic].; Surgeon., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Velona Roundy Hotchkiss, 1815-1882 [graphic].; Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Victoria Claflin Woodhull, 1838-1927 [graphic].; Adventuress., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Vinnie Ream, 1847-1914 [graphic].; Sculptor., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Wade Hampton, 1818-1902 [graphic].; Statesman, Confederate soldier., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 [graphic].; Poet., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Washington Irving, 1783-1859 [graphic].; Author., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Wayland Hoyt, 1838-1910 [graphic].; Clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Wendell Phillips, 1811-1884 [graphic].; Bust-length portrait of the radical Massachusetts abolitionist, orator, women’s rights and labor advocate. Phillips, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, faces slightly left. Phillips, a Garrisonian, served on the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, argued the Constitution was a pro-slavery document to be nullified, and advocated for Black equality following the Civil War., Title from manuscript note written on mount., American Celebrities Album., Purchase 1985., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: Whitelaw Reid, 1837-1912 [graphic].; Journalist, diplomat., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Adams, 1807-1880 [graphic].; Founder of the Union Theological Seminary., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Alexander Hammond, 1828-1900 [graphic].; Neurologist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Arnold Stevens, 1839-1910 [graphic].; New Testament scholar., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Augustus Beach, 1809-1884 [graphic].; Lawyer., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Augustus Muhlenberg, 1796-1877 [graphic].; Episcopal clergyman, educator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868 [graphic].; Music teacher, piano manufacturer., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Cleaver Wilkinson, 1833-1920 [graphic].; Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Cullen Bryant, 1794-1878 [graphic].; Poet, editor., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Dean Howells, 1837-1920 [graphic].; Author, 1st Pres. American Academy of Arts and Letters., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Dwight Whitney, 1827-1894 [graphic].; Sanskrit scholar, linguistic scientist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Earl Dodge, 1805-1883 [graphic].; Merchant, philanthropist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Ellery Channing, 1780-1842 [graphic].; Unitarian clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Fairfield Warren, 1833-1929 [graphic].; Methodist clergyman, educator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Gannaway Brownlow, 1805-1877 [graphic].; Methodist minister, journalist, Tennessee governor., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870 [graphic].; Novelist, man of letters., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Graham Sumner, 1840-1910 [graphic].; Educator, social scientist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Hague, 1808-1887 [graphic].; Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Henry Seward, 1801-1872 [graphic].; Gov. of N.Y., Sec. of State., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Henry Vanderbilt, 1821-1885 [graphic].; Financier, railroad executive., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Hickling Prescott, 1796-1859 [graphic].; Historian., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Holbrook Beard, 1824-1900 [graphic].; Artist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Howard Doane, 1831-1915 [graphic].; Musical composer., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1874 [graphic].; Bust-length portrait of the abolitionist, publisher, and author. Garrison, attired in spectacles, a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, sits facing forward., Title from manuscript note written on mount., Date based on presented age of the sitter., American Celebrities Album., Purchase 1985., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Lowndes Yancey, 1814-1863 [graphic].; Lawyer, secessionist, Alabama legislator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Mackergo Taylor, 1829-1895 [graphic].; Congregational clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

: William Marcy Tweed, 1823-1878 [graphic].; Saddler, bookkeeper, politician., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

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