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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: 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]

Title: Henry Clay Fish, 1820-1877
Description: Baptist clergyman, essayist., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.29a]

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