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Title
Randolph S. Foster, 1820-1903
Description
American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church., American Celebrities Album.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.20c]
Title
American celebrities album
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. Portraits depict actors, artists, authors, Congressmen, educators, governors, military leaders, physicians, publishers, religious leaders, social reformers, scientists, and U.S. presidents and their spouses. Includes mostly vignette and bust-length portraits and a small number of full length portraits. Also contains a small number of trimmed portrait engravings, tintypes, and a photo-collage depicting evangelist D. L. Moody with the under photograph copyrighted 1877. Small number of sitters are unidentified., Men sitters include P. T. Barnum; Henry Ward Beecher; John Brown; Ned Buntline; Samuel Clemens; Jefferson Davis; O. S. Fowler; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Abraham Lincoln; Samuel Morse; Thomas Nast; Hiram Powers; Winfield Scott; Gerrit Smith; Cornelius Vanderbilt; John Wanamaker; Brigham Young; Native American chiefs Ouray, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull; and African Americans Frederick Douglass and performer "Blind" Tom. Women sitters include presidential spouses Frances Cleveland and Lucretia Garfield; reformers Susan B. Anthony and Victoria Woodhull; authors Louisa May Alcott, Helen Hunt (Jackson), Harriet Beecher Stowe; sculptors Harriet Hosmer and Vinnie Ream; and performers Maria Albani, Charlotte Cushman, and Kate Field., Title from item's cover., Photographers include Mathew Brady, E. & H. T. Anthony; Jeremiah Gurney; and George Kendall Warren., Majority of sitters identified by a manuscript note on the album page or on portrait or an inscribed label., Brown leather bindings with gilt, stamped in gilt on front boards: Volume I: American Celebrities. Vol. I.; Volume II: American Celebrities. Vol. II. Stamped in gilt on spines: Album., Purchase 1985., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See "American Celebrities Album" item-level records for digital images of all identified individual sitters.
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9100.1 & 2]
Title
Caleb Cushing, 1800-1879
Description
Statesman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.29b]
Title
Charlotte Saunders Cushman
Description
Actress., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.45c]
Title
George Armstrong Custer, 1839-1876
Description
Soldier., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.8a]
Title
Sewall Sylvester Cutting, 1813-1882
Description
Educator, Baptist clergyman, editor., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.29c]
Title
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, 1825-1903
Description
Statesman, author, educator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.7f]
Title
Andrew Gregg Curtin, 1815?-1894
Description
Lawyer, politician., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.26c]
Title
George William Curtis, 1824-1892
Description
Author, orator, editor of Harper's Weekly., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.34b]
Title
Ebenezer Dodge, 1819-1890
Description
Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.11b]
Title
William Earl Dodge, 1805-1883
Description
Merchant, philanthropist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.49d]
Title
Frederick Douglas[s]
Description
Bust-length portrait of the African American abolitionist and orator. Douglass, wearing a beard and white hair and attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, faces slightly left., Title from manuscript note written on mount., Date inferred from duplicate in LCP cabinet card portrait collection [P.9363.9]., American Celebrities Album., Purchase 1985., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.33e]
Title
Stephen Arnold Douglas, 1813-1861
Description
Democratic leader, statesman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.15a]
Title
John Dowling, 1807-1878
Description
Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.29b]
Title
John William Draper, 1811-1882
Description
Chemist, author., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.2e]
Title
Daniel Drew, 1797-1879
Description
Capitalist, speculator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.50d]
Title
Samuel Francis Dupont, 1803-1865
Description
Naval officer., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.9a]
Title
Asher Brown Durand, 1796-1886
Description
Engraver, painter., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.39e]
Title
John Price Durbin, 1800-1876
Description
Methodist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.20d]
Title
Joseph T. Duryea, 1832-1898
Description
Editor., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.25f]
Title
Theodore William Dwight, 1822-1892
Description
Lawyer, educator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.29f]
Title
Charles Anderson Dana, 1819-1897
Description
Editor, owner of New York Sun., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.38b]
Title
James Dwight Dana, 1813-1895
Description
Geologist, zoologist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.1c]
Title
Richard Henry Dana Jr., 1815-1882
Description
Author, lawyer., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.29c]
Title
Richard Henry Dana Sr., 1787-1879
Description
Poet, essayist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.46c]
Title
Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1822-1888
Description
Illustrator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.42a]
Title
Andrew Jackson Davis, 1826-1910
Description
Spiritualist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.35e]
Title
Jefferson Davis, 1808-1889
Description
President Confederate States of America., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.10a]
Title
Noah Davis, 1818-1902
Description
Jurist, N.Y. Supreme Court Justice., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.29e]
Title
Henry Laurens Dawes, 1816-1903
Description
Businessman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.21b]
Title
Sir John William Dawson, 1820-1899
Description
Canadian geologist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.1e]
Title
Charles Force Deems, 1820-1893
Description
Clergyman, teacher., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.21c]
Title
James DeKoven, 1831-1879
Description
Episcopal clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.19a]
Title
Chester Dewey, 1784-1867
Description
Congregational clergyman, scientist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.12c]
Title
Henry Martyn Dexter, 1821-1890
Description
Congregational clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.39c]
Title
Alfred Elijah Dickinson, 1830-1906
Description
Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.39d]
Title
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, 1842-1932
Description
Orator, actress, playwright., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.36e]
Title
Jeremiah Lewis Diman, 1831-1881
Description
Congregational clergyman, educator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.9a]
Title
John Adams Dix, 1798-1879
Description
Soldier, lawyer, statesman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.27a]
Title
Morgan Dix, 1827-1908
Description
Episcopal clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.19b]
Title
William Howard Doane, 1831-1915
Description
Musical composer., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.43f]
Title
Richard Fuller, 1804-1876
Description
Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.27a]
Title
William S. Fullerton
Description
American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.30e]
Title
Justin D. Fulton, 1828-1901
Description
Baptist clergyman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.29e]
Title
H.M. Gallaher
Description
American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.32b]
Title
James Abram Garfield, 1831-1881
Description
U.S. president., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.2d]
Title
James Thomas Fields, 1817-1881
Description
Poet, publisher, editor of Atlantic Monthly., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.41d]
Title
Millard Fillmore, 1800-1874
Description
U.S. president., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.1c]
Title
Charles Grandison Finney, 1792-1875
Description
Revivalist, educator., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.22c]
Title
Hamilton Fish, 1808-1893
Description
Statesman., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.17a]
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