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- Title
- Lucretia Mott's home
- Description
- View showing Roadside, the three-story stone residence with an ivy-covered porch of Quaker abolitionist and reformer Lucretia Mott, in Cheltenham Township. Mott sits in a chair on the front lawn. A woman, attired in a dark-colored dress, possibly her daughter Marie Mott Davis or Elizabeth Mott Cavender, stands to her right and touches the back of her chair. Another woman, possibly her daugher Marie Mott Davis or Elizabeth Mott Cavender, attired in a dark-colored dress sits on the grass to her left. A child sits to the left of the seated woman. A child's hand cart lies in the grass next to them. Trees, mostly free of foliage, line the property. Mott and her husband James moved from their Philadelphia city residence to Roadside in 1857. The residence was used for the Underground Railroad and was part of an estate acquired by Mott's daughter Marie and her real estate developer husband Edward M. Davis known as Old Farm. Old Farm comprised land between Old York Road, Penrose Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue (City Line Avenue), and Beech Avenue. Mott's daughter Elizabeth lived at Roadside in 1865 before passing away from cancer., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on verso. Illustrated with an ornament shaped as a circular frame and surrounding the imprint. Garland and ribbon adorns the outer edge of the frame., Date inferred from format, active dates of photographer, and attire of sitters., Description and access points reviewed 2022., John W. Hurn (182-1887) was born in England and worked as a book keeper in upstate New York by 1850. A radical abolitionist, he worked as a photographer in Philadelphia by 1860 and operated a studio at 1319 Chestnut Street through the 1870s.
- Creator
- Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Hurn - Residences [P.2016.22.5]
- Title
- [Two African American men advertising Higgin's German laundry soap]
- Description
- Portrait photograph showing two African American men, side-by-side, attired in suits, as well as top hats with advertising text for Charles S. Higgins Company soap. One hat reads "Try it" and the other reads "Higgins German Laundry soap is the best." One man holds a swagger stick and the other a walking cane, and both stand in front of a backdrop depicting a bucolic mountain scene. Charles S. Higgins Company, established by Higgins's father W. B. Higgins in Brooklyn in 1846, manufactured "German Laundry soap" beginning around 1860, when Charles assumed the business. The laundry soap was packaged in a wrapper illustrated with an African American woman washing in a tub. By the early 1890s Charles S. Higgins left the firm still operated under his name and formed Higgins Soap Company. Court proceedings over trademarks and tradenames ensued and Higgins Soap Company became insolvent by the mid 1890s., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on verso. Includes illustration of a paint palette., Purchased with funds from the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation.
- Creator
- Block, B., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - group - advertisements - Higgins [P.2013.26]
- 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
- Roger Atkinson Pryor, 1828-1919
- Description
- Justice N.Y. supreme court, newspaper founder., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.31a]
- Title
- 2 headed girl, Millie Crissie
- Description
- Full-length portrait of the African American women conjoined twins and performers known as the "two-headed nightingale" and "Carolina twins." The twins wear their hair in chin-length pin curls and are attired in an off-the shoulder, short-sleeved, light-colored, calf-lengthed dress, black boots, and crown-shaped headpieces adorned with stars. Millie (left) holds a newpaper to her side in her left hand. Christine (right) holds a book in her hands in front of her. They stand, looking toward the viewer, and posed in front of a backdrop depicting a window view. The feet of a posing stand are visible behind their feet. Millie and Christine were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. In 1870, the sisters traveled and performed throughout the midwest., Title from item., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Contains semi-legible printed ink transfer in upper edge of image., See History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., RVCDC, John H. Fitzgibbon was a St. Louis photographer who began as a daguerreotypist. He operated from 116 North Fourth Street between 1866 and 1876 before founding the journal, "The St. Louis Practical Photographer and Illustrated Monthly Journal."
- Creator
- Fitzgibbon, John H., 1816?-1882, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Millie [P.2023.28]
- Title
- I cannot sing the old songs. Or, the late home of a Union soldier
- Description
- Reproduction of a drawing showing a young widow, in mourning attire, crying over a piano in a parlor. A portrait of her deceased soldier husband hangs in the background., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
- Creator
- Monroe, N.
- Date
- c1868
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.53j]
- Title
- [Unidentified African American man]
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of a bearded Black man attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a sack coat, and light-colored pants. He sits on a wooden chair facing slightly left with his right hand tucked into his coat., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of unidentified portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Schreiber & Son(s), a Philadelphia partnership of George Schreiber, and his several sons, specialists in portraiture and animal portraiture, were in business from 1857 until 1900, operating at 818 Arch Street from 1867 until 1879.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - photographer - Schreiber & Sons [8313.F.10b]
- Title
- [Full-length group portrait of Imperial Japanese Troupe members Denkichi, Sentarō, Yonekichi, and Rinzō Hamaikari]
- Description
- Full-length group portrait depicting the Hamaikari family, who were members of the Imperial Japanese Troupe. From left to right, shows brothers Denkichi, Sentarō, Yonekichi, and their father Rinzō Hamaikari. Denkichi and Rinzō wear chonmage hairstyles, which are shaved in the front with a top knot. They are attired in kimonos and sandals and carry swords in scabbards at their waist. Sentarō and Yonekichi wear their hair in top knots and are attired in long-sleeved shirts, striped pants, and sandals. Denkichi and Rinzō sit in wooden chairs, while Yonekichi stands with his right arm on Sentarō’s shoulder, who is seated on a small wooden stool and looks down. In the background is a backdrop with a column and a two-handled urn. Richard Risley Carlisle (1814-1874), known as Professor Risley, assembled and managed a group of eighteen Japanese acrobats and musicians from Yokohama, Japan called the Imperial Japanese Troupe. They toured America in 1867, performing in Philadelphia in March. They then travelled to Europe, including Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain. Rinzō Hamaikari played the flute and his sons were acrobats., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of photographer at address in his imprint., Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
- Creator
- Keeler, F. S. (Francis S.), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - photographer - Keeler [P.9573.36]
- Title
- [Full-length portrait of Imperial Japanese Troupe member Koman Sumidagawa]
- Description
- Full-length portrait of Koman Sumidagawa, a top spinner in the Imperial Japanese Troupe. She wears her hair tied back with two kanzashi (decorative hair ornaments), and is attired in a kimono with a brooch at the neck, and geta (sandals with a raised wooden base). She sits on a wooden chair and holds a book in her left hand on her lap. Her right elbow rests on a desk. On top of the desk is a vase with flowers, a book, and papers. A curtain drapes down in the right. Richard Risley Carlisle (1814-1874), known as Professor Risley, assembled and managed a group of eighteen Japanese acrobats and musicians from Yokohama, Japan called the Imperial Japanese Troupe. They toured America in 1867, performing in Philadelphia in March. They then travelled to Europe, including Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of photographer at address in his imprint., Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
- Creator
- Keeler, F. S. (Francis S.), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - photographer - Keeler [P.9573.37]
- Title
- [Millie and Christine McCoy]
- Description
- Full-length portrait of the African American women conjoined twins and performers known as the "two-headed nightingale" and "Carolina twins." The twins wear their hair parted in the middle and in curls and with floral hair adornments at their crowns. They are attired in short-sleeved dresses with lace trim and black boots with heels. They also wear bracelets. They stand posed in front of a balustrade and beside a guitar and arranged branches. They were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. They performed at the Assembly Building in Philadelphia in May 1866 accompanied by the 15 year old master pianist, J.W. Minnick., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Germon was a Philadelphia engraver and early photographer who produced photographic portraits at his studio, the "Temple of Art."
- Creator
- Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Millie [P.9790]
- Title
- [Millie and Christine McCoy]
- Description
- Full-length portrait of the African American women conjoined twins and performers known as the "two-headed nightingale" and "Carolina twins." The twins wear their hair parted in the middle and in curls and with floral hair adornments at their crowns. They are attired in short-sleeved dresses with lace trim and black boots with heels. They also wear bracelets. They stand posed in front of a balustrade and beside a guitar and arranged branches. They were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. They performed at the Assembly Building in Philadelphia in May 1866 accompanied by the 15 year old master pianist, J.W. Minnick., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Germon was a Philadelphia engraver and early photographer who produced photographic portraits at his studio, the "Temple of Art."
- Creator
- Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Millie [P.9790]
- Title
- [Lucretia Mott]
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of the Quaker abolitionist and reformer. Mott, attired in a white cap, a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress, and a white shawl, sits on a carved wooden chair with her left elbow on a side table covered in a patterned cloth., Photographer's imprint and advertisement stamped on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Manuel Kean, 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Henszey & Co., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Mott [P.8752.6a]
- Title
- Freedman's National Monument
- Description
- Interior view showing the plaster model for the proposed design of the Freedman's Memorial to Lincoln by expatriate sculptor Harriet Hosmer when on display in the Boston Athenaeum, likely statuary gallery, in 1866. Shows, from an oblique angle, the model on top of a draped table and in front of two archways. The model of the Memorial design was composed of mutiple tiers on the top of which lied a figure of Lincoln in a sarcophagus within an open temple. An edited version of the words of the Emancipation Proclamation adorned the temple which stood on a base with a frieze designed with thirty-six female allegories representing the states of the Union during Lincoln's presidency. On the base below the temple was a sculptural cycle of African American history to that period. Four standing Black male figures on pedestals surrounded the base at each corner. The figures portrayed included a seminude, enslaved man, with his head down, and his wrists manacled; a soldier in uniform with a forward gaze and a bayonetted rifle in his hands that was pointed to the ground; an enslaved man who rests on a hoe with his head bowed down; and a soldier, looking ahead, and holding a gun. On the four outside corners were "Mourning Victories" with their trumpets reversed. The angle of the image shows a view of the model that includes the Lincoln figure, three of the African American men figures, and three of the "Mourning Victories.", Hosmer designed the Memorial in response to a monument project sponsored by the Western Sanitary Commission of St. Louis after formerly enslaved Charlotte Scott of Marietta, OH pledged $5 for a monument to Abraham Lincoln following his assassination in 1865. Donations from formerly enslaved persons grew to $20,000 within months of Scott's original donation. Hosmer later altered the design and an engraving of her new proposal appeared in the Art Journal (London), January 1, 1868. Hosmer's model, purported to cost over $100,000 to be executed, was never sculpted. After years of competing projects, designs, and sponsoring agencies, on April 14, 1876, a sculpture by Thomas Ball, "Emancipation," designed without the input of the formerly enslaved donors was erected in Lincoln Square, Washington, D.C. on an eastern edge of Capitol Hill., Title printed on mount., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by Harriet G. Hosmer, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts., Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908) was a lesbian, expatriate neoclassical sculptor, who was one of the most famous artists of her time. Hosmer had her own studio and her work often focused on idealized mythological female figures associated with strength and courage. Hosmer was also a women's rights activist and an inventor., Purchased with the Louise Marshall Kelly fund., See Kirk Savage, Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves: Race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), p.89-128., John B. Heywood (d. 1870) operated a photographic studio in Boston circa 1858-circa 1870, when he then appears to have relocated to Chicago per 1870 census records. He may also be the J.B. Heywood who advertised a photographic studio in New Bern, N.C. in 1866. Between 1869 and 1870, he is listed in Boston at 25 Winter, the address of photographer and publisher Frank Rowell, who established a branch of his photographic studio in Chicago in 1867.
- Creator
- Heywood, John B., -1870, photographer
- Date
- 1866
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Heywood - Monuments & statues [P.2022.28.1]
- Title
- John Collins
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature of the New Jersey Quaker, founder of the New Jersey Horticultural Society, and developer of Miami Beach, Florida., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons - C [(1)5750.F.98d]
- Title
- Napoleon III
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing the face of dictator Napoleon III comprised of human figures and a cannon. Depiction alludes to the failing Mexican empire established by Napoleon III in 1864 under the reign of Emperor Maxmilian, former Austrian archduke Ferdinand Maxmilian. Includes text in French below the image., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of a collection of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons [(3)5750.F.160b]
- Title
- Edwin Booth
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature by William J. Gladding, Jr. of actor Edwin Booth in the character of Hamlet. Booth portrayed the character for 100 consecutive nights between November 26, 1864, and March 22, 1865, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons - B [(1)5750.F.49i]
- Title
- Billy Morris
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature by William J. Gladding, Jr. of minstrel performer Billy Morris. Shows Morris at the bridles of a horse-drawn buggy followed by the grim reaper., Name of artist from duplicate in the collections of the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons - M [(2)5750.F.146c]
- Title
- The New York Post boy
- Description
- Reproduction of a caricature of William Cullen Bryant, editor and part owner of the Republican, reformist newspaper, the New York Evening Post. Shows Bryant riding a horse saddled with an edition of the Post., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unidentified - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.60 1/2b]
- Title
- Intelligent contraband
- Description
- Reproduction of a caricature of Horace Greeley, publisher of the newspaper, The New York Tribune. Shows Greeley as a hobo carrying a bundle on a stick inscribed "New York Tribune. H. Greeley."., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of a collection of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.194c]
- Title
- Resurgam. In memory of our late president
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a memorial print showing a cross resting on a base of rocks inscribed with the names of the states. Two hanging black banners flank the cross. Cross adorned with a shield labeled "Pro Patrie.", Unmounted carte de visite., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln.
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Genre & sentimental [5792.F.97e]
- Title
- President Lincoln's hearse
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a print showing the five horse-team drawn catafalque carrying the flower-covered casket of the President stopped in front of a church. White men funeral officials, attired in black suits and top hats, attend the horses and hearse. Mourners line the city street, including an African American man., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Henszey & Co., Photographers, No. 812 Arch St., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Henszey & Co.
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Henszey & Co. - Lincoln [5792.F.48b]
- Title
- "Columbia rode safe through the storm."
- Description
- Reproduction of an allegorical print showing the American flag waving among storm clouds., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
- Date
- c1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Genre & sentimental [5780.F.52f]
- Title
- A distinguished arrival Negro soldier - "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room - one wid a closet to put dis yar skelle in tum in!"
- Description
- Cartoon satirizing the imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Va. of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Shows an African American soldier escorting Davis to a cell door at the "Hotel De Monroe." In front of the door a noose hangs. Davis, attired in a bonnet, shawl, and overcoat, holds a money bag labeled "JD. CSA" (an allusion to Davis's confiscation of the remaining Confederate treasury). The soldier holds a bayonet to which a skirt hoop is attached and speaks in the vernacular "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room..." In the background, a smiling sun, an African American soldier, and a ship sailing the bay are visible. Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe between 1865 and 1867., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Ent'd according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J. Chapman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York., Purchase 2004., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2004.6.2]
- Title
- A distinguished arrival Negro soldier - "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room - one wid a closet to put dis yar skelle in tum in!"
- Description
- Cartoon satirizing the imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Va. of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Shows an African American soldier escorting Davis to a cell door at the "Hotel De Monroe." In front of the door a noose hangs. Davis, attired in a bonnet, shawl, and overcoat, holds a money bag labeled "JD. CSA" (an allusion to Davis's confiscation of the remaining Confederate treasury). The soldier holds a bayonet to which a skirt hoop is attached and speaks in the vernacular "Hi dar! Show dis ole lady a room..." In the background, a smiling sun, an African American soldier, and a ship sailing the bay are visible. Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe between 1865 and 1867., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Ent'd according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J. Chapman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York., Purchase 2004., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2004.6.2]
- Title
- Sec. Chase
- Description
- Full-length portrait of Salmon P. Chase, the abolitionist leader, Ohio Senator, statesman, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Chase, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, jacket, pants, and shoes, sits beside a table that has with an inkwell and papers on top of it., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Possibly by Mathew B. Brady., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Chase [(1)5750.F.80g]
- Title
- Rev. Mr. Cheever
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of the abolitionist preacher and author. Cheever, attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie, waistcoat, jacket, overcoat, and pants, holds a top hat in his gloved hands as he sits facing the viewer. Cheever's book, "The Guilt of Slavery and the Crime of Slaveholding: Demonstrated from the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures," argued that the Bible categorically denounces slavery., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of the sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Cheever [(1)5750.F.82d]
- Title
- Robt. Dale Owen
- Description
- Full-length portrait of the social reformer, Indiana Congressman, and Chair of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. Owen, attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a jacket, an overcoat, and pants, stands holding a top hat in his right hand beside a chair, near a drape. Owen's work for the commission has been credited as the impetus for the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Owen [(2)5750.F.173d]
- Title
- Dr. Theo. Parker
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of the Unitarian clergyman and abolitionist who personally aided and housed freedom seekers as a member of several abolitionist organizations, including the New England Emancipation Aid Society. Parker, wearing spectacles and attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, faces slightly right., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- J. Gurney & Son, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Parker [P.2282.116]
- Title
- W.H. Seward
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a bust-length portrait drawing of the abolitionist politician, Secretary of State under Lincoln, and New York Senator and Governor. Seward, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, is depicted in right profile., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Seward [(3)5750.F.38b]
- Title
- George H. Stuart
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia philanthropist, abolitionist, and Presbyterian educator. Stuart, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, faces slightly left. Stuart organized the Philadelphia reception for the absolved Amistad mutineers at the First Reformed Presbyterian Church subsequent to their emancipation by the Supreme Court in 1841., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Stuart [(3)5750.F.61c]
- Title
- Judge Stroude
- Description
- Reproduction of a half-length portrait of George M. Stroud, the Philadelphia judge and author of the abolitionist text, "A Sketch of the Laws relating to Slavery: in the Several States of the United States of America (Philadelphia: 1827, reprinted 1856)." Stroud, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, sits facing left. In the background is a bookcase with books and a globe and a drape., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Stroud [(3)5750.F.61b]
- Title
- Dan Bryant
- Description
- Full-length portrait of the popular New York minstrel performer and manager in Blackface and costumed as a disheveled 18th-century gentleman. Bryant stands posed with his right hand on his hip and his left hand holding a sword to the ground while looking up to the left. Known for his versatility as a comedian, actor, dancer, and musician, Bryant was most famous for his rendition of the dance, "Essence of Old Virginny," and for popularizing the songs "Dixie," "Turkey in the Straw," and "Shoo Fly." He performed in Philadelphia in September 1856. "Blackface minstrelsy is a popular entertainment form, originating in the United States in the mid-19th century and remaining in American life through the 20th century. The form is based around stereotypical and racist portrayals of African Americans, including mocking dialect, parodic lyrics, and the application of Black face paint; all designed to portray African Americans as othered subjects of humor and disrespect. Blackface was a dominant form for theatrical and musical performances for decades, both on stage and in private homes.", Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of the sitter., Description of Blackface minstrelsy from Dorothy Berry, Descriptive Equity and Clarity around Blackface Minstrelsy in H(arvard) T(heater) C(ollection) Collections, 2021., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait cdvs - sitter - Bryant [(1)5750.F.60f]
- Title
- [Half-length portrait of an unidentified Japanese woman]
- Description
- Half-length portrait of an unidentified Japanese woman. The woman wears her hair tied up with numerous kanzashi (decorative hair ornaments), which protrude all around her head. She is attired in a patterned kimono, and sits kneeling with her hands on her lap as her eyes look to the left. Behind her is a wooden stool., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Manuscript note written on recto: Hair, dress, Japan., Manuscript note written on verso: Japanese fashion.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unid. photographer - unid. female sitters [P.9057.80] (Brenner)
- Title
- Group of old Japanese
- Description
- Full-length, forward-facing, group portrait of seven Ainu men. Shows a row of four men sitting cross-legged on the floor with a row of three men sitting in chairs. The barefooted men have long, white and gray hair and beards and are attired in patterned robes. A woven mat hangs behind them. The Ainu are an indigenous people from the northern region of the Japanese archipelago, particularly Hokkaido. The Ainu culture is distinctive, with a language that is unrelated to Japanese., Title from manuscript note written on recto., Date inferred from content., Manuscript note written on verso: A group of Japanese old men.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unid. photographer - group portrait - misc. [P.9057.73] (Brenner)
- Title
- [Caricature of capture of Jefferson Davis May 10, 1865]
- Description
- Carte-de-visite caricature satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of the Confederate president, detained by Union cavalry troops on May 10, 1865, while wearing his wife's overcoat and shawl as a disguise. Depicts Davis being inspected by Union soldiers as he emerges from a tent, holding a basket, while attired in a hood and skirt. His wife, Varina Davis, stands next to him. An African American enslaved servant depicted with oversize and exagerrated features peers from behind the tent flap. Bottles and a case marked "Silver Spoons, C.S.A." (an allusion to Jefferson's safeguarding of the remaining Confederate treasury) lay on the ground in front of the tent. Also shows a saddle hanging in a tree to the right of the tent., Title supplied by cataloguer., Publication information from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Francis Hacker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Rhode Island., See photo - Hacker [5795.F.15a]., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Hacker, Francis
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons - [P.2016.63]
- Title
- Grinning for the presidency
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature satirizing the undesirability of the possible candidates for the presidential election of 1864. Shows George McClellan, John Fremont, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin F. Butler wearing horse collars on a stage in front of a grinning spectator. A broadside reading, "Great Match. Grinning through Horse Collar. The Ugliest to Win. Prize White House." adorns the stage., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Wood, William Horace
- Date
- c1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.97i]
- Title
- Our bleeding country's infernal revenue stamps ["I say internal ought to be spelt with a T, boss says it hadn't] Printers Devil
- Description
- Montage criticizing the Revenue Act of 1862, which allowed the first Federal use of revenue stamps. Shows an overlay of stamped correspondence containing a caricature of Abraham Lincoln as an elderly woman wearing a bonnet as the centerpiece. Also contains verse sarcastically comparing the divergent responses of the country to the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Revenue Act. The adhesive revenue stamps were be applied to nearly all Civil War-era documents and several proprietary articles, such as photographs and medicines., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- c1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Brewerton - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.4i]
- Title
- [Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Abraham Lincoln attired as an elderly woman]
- Description
- Shows Lincoln attired in a black dress and bonnet reading a "Draft" paper with a magnifying glass., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Also used as vignette in cartoon titled "Our Bleeding Country's Infernal Revenue Stamps." [5792.F.4i], Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Brewerton - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.4c]
- Title
- Caught at last!
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature depicting General George Meade pointing a gun at a Confederate general, depicted as a snake. The men stand near a sign labeled "To Richmond.", Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdvs - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.11f]
- Title
- [Armory of First City Troop, 21st and Ludlow streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior views of the first permanent First City Troop armory erected in 1863 at 21st and Ludlow streets below Market Street. Also shows four men, including a policeman, standing near the entranceway of the building. Armory was rebuilt in 1874. The First City Troop, a private military organization and one of the oldest continually mounted U.S. military units, was organized in 1774 to defend against British invasion., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Created postfreeze., Two of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to the Cooper and Union Shop Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals., Stereograph inscribed with misidentification: Cooper Shop?, One of the images [5778.F.27f] reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 88., Arcadia caption text: Founded in 1774 to defend the American colonies and still in existence today as the oldest mounted military unit in continuous service in the United States Armed Forces, the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry has participated both in combat and at ceremonial occasions. In 1863 the First City Troop erected its first permanent armory, shown here on Twenty-First and Ludlow streets, for $19,000. The Troop quickly outgrew this modest two-story brick structure with its riding hall in the rear, and enlarged and altered the building as part of its centennial celebration in 1874. In 1901 the Troop moved to its present armory on South Twenty-Third Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Military [5778.F.27e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unidentified - Military [P.2282.37], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Military [5778.F.27f]
- Title
- Cartes de visite satirizing the Civil War revenue systems
- Description
- Series of eleven satiric pieces with verse by sketch artist George D. Brewerton critical of the revenue systems instituted during the Civil War, particularly paper money. Satires depict montages and layouts of banknotes, coinage, and revenue stamps to mock the Revenue Act of 1862, which instituted revenue stamps, the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864, which promoted a national banking system; and the dubious value of Union and Confederate banknotes. Titles include The Almighty Dollar; A Chas[t]e Attempt; Modern Curiosities; A Public Nuisance; Our Bleeding Country's Infernal Revenue Stamps; The Southern Cross; Uncle Abe's Last Joke; and Very Hard Cash. Some montages also include portraits or caricatures of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase., Includes one unmounted carte de viste., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of materials related to Abraham Lincoln and humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Brewerton, George Douglas, 1820-1901
- Date
- c1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons - Brewerton [P.2282.47; 5780.F. 54a & c-e; 56q & s; 5792.F.1b; 4h & i; 5795.F.97g]
- Title
- Metropolitan Fair, New York 1864
- Description
- Series of views of the New York fair published by William Langenheim to aid the Sanitary Commission. Views predominately show the Arms and Trophies Department, including the model of Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh, N.Y., the uniform of Col. Ellsworth, the first Union fatality, and a suit of armor. Also includes views of the Firemens' Department, the "Two Swords" donated by Tiffany & Co. to be presented to the military and naval officer who received the greatest number of votes by fair visitors; the Welsh Stand; a coconut tree in the middle of several exhibits; and an unidentified exhibit displaying pottery, glassware, and boots. Also shows patriotic bunting, garlands, and flags; framed painting, prints, and photographs; weaponry; and signage. Signs include printed inspirational quotations; department banners; and business advertisements for exhibit sponsors., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook on the Sanitary Commission., Contains twelve stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white paper mounts with square corners, including six accompanied by labels and six with manuscript titles and two carte-de- visites., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Metropolitan Fair held April 4-23, 1864 on Fourteenth Street and Union Square in New York was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit, the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization. The exhibition, the largest of the fairs, raised over $1,000,000 to benefit the commission. Exhibits included an Arms and Trophies Department, Art Gallery, Book Department, Firemens' Department, and Children's Department.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdvs - Watson - Great Central Fair [5781.F.161g & j], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Great Central Fair [5781.F.167a-c & e-h; 169c-e; 171e; 173g]
- Title
- [African American waiters in the large dining room, Great Central Fair of 1864, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts the African American men waiters posed among and seated at the dining room tables of the patriotically decorated dining room of the Fair's restaurant department. The waiters, attired in white collared shirts, bowties, white jackets, and pants, sit at the tableclothed dining tables and look at the viewer. Nine waiters, attired in white collared shirts, black bowties, black jackets, and pants, stand in a line in the middle of the room facing the viewer. American flags decorate the wall in the background and hang on the pillars. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Probably by Philadelphia photographer A. Watson., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook on the Sanitary Commission. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Watson - Great Central Fair [5781.F.165f]
- Title
- I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of the African American itinerant preacher, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate born into slavery and originally known as Isabella Baumfree. Shows Truth, seated, and attired in a dark-colored, long sleeved dress with white collar, white shawl with fringe, and a white cap. She wears wire-rimmed glasses and faces front and is turned slightly to her left. She holds knitting in her left hand which rests on a small table that has a decorative table cloth. A notebook and vase of flowers adorn the table. A string of yarn runs across her lap. Truth escaped to freedom in 1826. During the period of the Civil War, Truth captioned, marketed, copyrighted, and sold at least eleven different carte-de-visite portraits of herself at her lectures and through the mail to earn personal funds and advocate for the abolition of slavery. Her knitting probably alludes to her promotion of the handcraft as an industry for advancement for former enslaved persons., Title from item., Publication information from copyright statement on verso: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by Sojourner Truth, in the Clerk's Office, of the U. S. District Court, for the Eastern District of Mich., Lib. Company. Annual report, 2016, p. 66-67., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Date
- 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Truth [P.2017.27]
- Title
- Our protection. Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave children from New Orleans
- Description
- Abolitionist group portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned children emancipated from enslavement, Rosina Downs, Charles Taylor, and Rebecca Huger. Shows the children, who were freed in New Orleans by General Benjamin Butler, side-by-side, draped in a large American flag. The children, touring the North with a group of people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the Louisiana schools for the formerly enslaved established by Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen, Phillip Bacon, were also publicized as the children denied entrance in December 1863 to the Philadelphia hotel, the St. Lawrence., Title from item., Date from copyright information. Copyrighted by S. Tackaberry., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: N.B.-All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedmen's Relief Association], No. 1 Mercer Street, New York., Stamped on verso: No. 9., Stamped on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored People in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen'l Banks., See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864)., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
- Date
- 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits-group-Emancipated Enslaved Children [P.9846]
- Title
- Learning is wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans
- Description
- Abolitionist group portrait of propagandized people emancipated enslavement in New Orleans by General Benjamin Butler. Fair-skinned children Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, Rosina Downs, and dark-skinned adult Wilson Chinn, his forehead branded with the initials of his former enslaver, all hold books and read together. The emancipated people were touring the North to raise funds for the Louisiana schools for formerly enslaved people established by Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen, Phillip Bacon., Title from item., Date from copyright information. Copyright by S. Tackaberry., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: N.B.- All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent,[National Freedmen's Relief Association], No. 1 Mercer Street, New York., Stamped on verso: No. 6., Stamped on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of the Colored People in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen'l Banks., See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864)., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 19855), p. 187-210., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
- Date
- 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits-group-Emancipated Enslaved Children [P.9879]
- Title
- Rebecca A slave girl from New Orleans
- Description
- Full-length, abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger. Depicts Huger, attired in a long-sleeved dress with decorative stripes, standing between scenery props of a stone window adorned with ivy and a full-length mirror, which reflects her profile. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Huger, daughter of her enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Title from item., Attributed to Charles Paxson., Date from copyright information and content. Copyrighted by S. Tackaberry., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: N.B. - All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedman's Relief Association], Box 809, P.O. Boston, Mass., Stamped on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored people in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Major General Banks., Contains cancelled 2 cents revenue stamp on verso., See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864)., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
- Date
- 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - Huger (sitter) [P.9971]
- Title
- Rebecca A slave girl from New Orleans
- Description
- Abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger. Depicts a bust-length portrait of Huger attired in a crocheted jacket and bonnet. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Huger, daughter of her enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Title from item., Date from copyright information and content., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: N.B. - All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedman's Relief Association], Box 809, P.O. Boston, Mass., Printed on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored people in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Major General Banks., See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864)., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210., Created postfreeze., Purchase 2005., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
- Date
- 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Huger [P.2005.22.1]
- Title
- "A guard of colored soldiers"
- Description
- Full-length group portrait depicting three African American Union soldiers, attired in uniform, standing with bayoneted Springfield rifle muskets and non-commissioned officer swords in hand. The soldiers include a sergeant (center left) who wears a regular belt plate, three chevrons on his sleeve, a kepi with a tarred cover, and a non-commissioned officer baldrick on his sword. The African American private (center) wears an infantry bugle and brass insignia on top of his kepi. The private (right) wears an unadorned kepi. In the left, is a white man soldier, probably a junior officer, attired in a great coat and slouch hat and holding possibly an 1850 foot officer's sword. Possibly soldiers from Camp William Penn, the African American training camp near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note on recto., Name of photographer/publisher attributed from copy of photograph available in Hindman February 27, 2024 auction. Copy included revenue stamp and was stamped on verso: O.H. Willard's New Galleries, 1203 Chestnut St. No. [4485] Phl. Copy of listing included in Willard research file at repository., Date inferred from revenue stamp on verso of copy at Hindman auction, February 2024., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2024 with information from 2024 Hindman auction listing., Access points revised 2024., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Willard, Oliver H., -1875
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits- group - Military [5779.F.3d]
- Title
- The straggler's last "sup."
- Description
- Reproduction of a drawing showing a Union infantryman staring into the bottom of an empty can he has raised into the air., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.53e]