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- Title
- James Burrill Angell, 1829-1916
- Description
- Journalist, diplomat, Pres. Univ. of Vermont., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.14e]
- Title
- Chapel and parish building St. Clement's Church
- Description
- Reproduction of drawing showing the auxiliary buildings of the church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman at 2000-2030 Cherry Street., Publisher's imprint on verso of P.2005.27., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.81c; P.2005.2.7]
- Title
- The great anaconda or creature of the woods
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a drawing showing Union Commander in Chief George McClellan, as an anaconda with its tail being pulled by a hand through a hole in a box. Refers to the unadopted Anaconda Plan initally proposed in 1861 by then Commander in Chief Winfield Scott and later interpreted by McClellan who became primarily associated with it. Plan involved blockades of Southern ports, a thrust down the Misssippi Valley, and a line of Federal strongholds., Publisher's imprint with advertising text printed on verso., Manuscript note on verso: George B. McClellan., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- P.2006.1.10
- Title
- Young Africa Or the bone of contention
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of an African American toddler, attired in a plaid top, as a representation of slavery and the cause of the Civil War., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by E. Anthony, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New-York., Publisher's imprint printed on verso. Includes image of publisher's building facade engraved by Snyder, Black & Sturn N.Y., Distributor's label pasted on verso: McAllister & Brother 728 Chestnut Street Philadelphia., Gift of David Long., Duplicate of carte-de-visite in a McAllister Scrapbook., See related carte de visite "Young Africa" (cdv - Misc. - Civil War Caricatures (5780.F.52e)], 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
- 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - photographer - Anthony [P.2002.5]
- Title
- Church of the Epiphany.(Protestant Episcopal,) n.w. corner of Chestnut and Fifteenth streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the chancel of the church built 1833-1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at 1501-1515 Chestnut Street. Includes partial views of pews and a gallery. Also shows the pulpit adorned with the letters "IHS" and organ loft., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Includes two stereographic prints mounted on paper, including one accompanied by a publisher's label describing the church building and the history of the congregation., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- October 1860, c1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.69a; (4)1322.F.(69b)], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.69d]
- Title
- [Arch Street Presbyterian Church interiors, 1006 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Shows the altar, organ gallery, and pews of the church built in 1823. Views include a wall clock. Congregation, formerly the Fifth Presbyterian Church, organized 1813., (4)1322.F.151a is a duplicate of 1322.F.152g., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.151a; (4)1322.F.152a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.152b]
- 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
- Marriage of Tom Thumb
- Description
- Series of six cartes-de-visite size engravings of portraits and scenes from the February 10, 1863 New York City marriage of P.T. Barnum's Little People entertainers Charles Stratton, known as Tom Thumb, and Lavinia Warren. Includes: the ceremony; the couple; the attendants, fellow Little People entertainers Commodore Nutt, and Lavinia's sister, Minnie Warren; the "Reception"; the following morning "At Home" with the seated couple attended by an African American man servant, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a gray waistcoat, and a black suit jacket and pants, who carries a tray; and a "Promenade" down Broadway. The wedding, paid for and heavily promoted by Barnum, attracted the social and political elite of New York., Title from series title., Date inferred from content., Series numbers and captions handwritten on verso., Manuscript note on recto of five of the series: Mr. & Mrs. Stratton., Possibly after 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. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Thumb [5750.F.59a-e;(2)5750.F.169f]
- 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
- [Construction at Ninth and Sansom streets]
- Description
- Depicts four African American men construction workers on the framework of store fronts (i.e., Burd Building) under construction on the former grounds of the Shippen Burd mansion, demolished in 1861. In the background stands the hippodrome-shaped auction house of "Alfred M. Herkness Philadelphia Horse & Carriage Bazaar," in operation from around 1848 until 1913., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note on verso., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, 1980), p. 180., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. 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
- Broadbent & Co., photographer
- Date
- September 6, 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Non-Portraits - Broadbent & Co. [(8)1322.F.47f]
- 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
- [Mary Ann C. Shadd?, Washington, D.C.]
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of an African American woman, possibly American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Sitter faces right and wears her long hair back and in a chignon and top knot. A head band with an ornament adorns her hair. She is attired in a dark-colored, V-neck garment with a white ruffled collar and dark-colored lace neckerchief. She also wears a cross necklace and drop earrings. Shad Cary, was born free in Delaware to parents active in the Underground Railroad, before relocating to Pennsylvania, then Canada in 1853. In later years, following the Civil War, Shad Cary resided in Washington, D.C. where she died in 1893. During her life, she founded a school for Black children in Pennsylvania and a racially integrated school in Ontario, Canada; was the first Black woman publisher in North America when she founded, in 1853, and edited the anti-slavery and civil rights advocacy newspaper "The Provincial Freeman,"; was the second Black woman to attend law school (Howard University) in the United States; and founded, in 1880, the women's rights advocacy organization the Colored Women's Progressive Franchise. Shad Cary also wrote for multiple newspapers, such as the National Era, served as a Civil War recruiter, and was the first African American woman to vote in a national election., Title from manuscript note on verso: Mariann [sic] C. Shadd, Washington, D.C., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Date inferred from active dates of photographer at address listed in imprint., Henrici & Garns operated from 709 South Second Street between 1874 and 1876.
- Creator
- Henrici & Garns, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Cary [P.2023.4]
- 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
- 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
- [Portrait of Millie and Christine McCoy]
- Description
- Full-length portrait of the African American co-joined twins and performers. The women are attired in striped-patterned shirtwaists, a white ankle-length skirt with a black lace overlay, and black high-heeled boots with white stripes. Each wears a white neckerchief, and an adornment in her pulled back hair. Millie (on the left) holds a white fan in her hands. A backdrop and ornate, wooden pedestal with a book resting on it are visible in the background. The end of a drape partially covers the book. In the left, another wooden prop is partially visible. The twins, born enslaved, were exhibited nationally and internationally under various owners and managers. By the end of the 1880s the twins retired to a farm in their home state of North Carolina., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Date inferred from age of sitters and active dates of photographer in New York., Printed on verso: I was born in the State of North Carolina, Columbus Co., Anno Domini, 1851. And pronounced by scientists to be the 8th wonder of the world. / 'Tis not modest of one's self to speak,/ Buts, daily scanned from head to feet,/ I freely talk of everything,/ Sometimes to persons wondering./ Some people say I must be two!/The doctors say it is not true,/Some cry out humbug, till they see,/ And then exclaim, "great mystery."/ Two heads, four arms, four feet,/ All in one perfect body meet./I am most wonderfully made, /All scientific men have said./ None like me since the days of Eve,/ None such perhaps shall ever live./ If marvel to myself am I,/Why not to all pass me by?/ I am happy too, because content;/ For some wise purpose I was sent./ Our maker knows what he has done,/ Whether I'm created two or one./ Respectfully, Millie Christine. The Carolina twin, surnamed the 2-headed Nightingale., Mount trimmed., See History and Medical Description of the Two-Headed Girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., See LCP AR (Annual Report) 2015, p.42-43., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2018, p. 61., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Horace Ollivier operated a New York studio beginning around 1881 at 779 Broadway.
- Creator
- Ollivier, Horace, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1881]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Millie [P.2018.28]
- Title
- [Wu Ying Ding]
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of Wu Ying Ding, attired in a tight-fitting cap and a shirt with a Mandarin collar and frog closures, facing slightly right. Hu Quang Yung exhibited a selection of his collection, including cloisonne, bronzes, and ceramics, at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Yung's nephew, Wu Ying Ding, attended the Centennial as an envoy with the objects., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the photographer., Manuscript note written on verso: To General Mrs. Basban, With best Compliments of Wu Ying Ding, Mandarin of China, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1877., Text printed on verso: No. [996]. In ordering duplicates please send no. as above, and name., Gustavus Gerlach and Gustavus Fromhagen were Philadelphia photographers who were in partnership from circa 1875 to 1878.
- Creator
- Gerlach & Fromhagen, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Ding [P.9664]
- 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
- Liberty
- Description
- Reproduction of a drawing showing a bust-length portrait of the allegorical female figure of Liberty. She wears a gold crown, a necklace with a large medallion stamped "U.S.," and the American flag as a shawl., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
- Creator
- Horton, Henry W.
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52b]
- 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
- South
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a racist caricature showing an African American boy as a visual metaphor for the South, i.e., the Confederate States. Shows a raggedly dress boy holding a banjo and the Emancipation Proclamation, while standing on the Confederate flag. Face of toddler after carte de visite photograph showing a bust-lenth portrait of an African American toddler titled "Young Africa, Or the Bone of Contention" issued by E. Anthony in 1862., One of two companion cartes de visite titled "North" and "South." LCP holds "North." [5780.F.52r], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., See LCP copy "Bone of Contention" (cdv - Anthony [P.2002.5])., Duplicate listed in Early American Historical Auctions Catalog (April 2014) contains stamp on verso: A.M. Bailey agent for American Photography.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52e]
- Title
- Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a lithographic facsimile of the original draft of the proclamation printed and sold as a fundraiser for the Soldiers Home of Chicago. Facsimile includes a portrait of Lincoln and patriotic vignette. Lincoln gave the draft to the organizers of the 1863 Northwestern Sanitary Fair to be sold at auction and then donated to the Chicago Historical Society. Draft was bought by Thomas B. Bryan and given to the Soldiers Home before its display at the historical society., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., 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. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Genre & sentimental [5792.F.4j]
- Title
- Macbeth. November 16, 1861
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature of Philadelphia actor Edwin Forrest in the character of Macbeth. Shows the actor in a Scotch cap and holding a shield., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.157e]
- 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
- The three graces
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature of New York newspaper publishers Horace Greeley of the Tribune, James Gordon Bennett of the Herald, and George Jones of the N.Y. Times. Shows the three men standing next to each other on a mound while holding a copy of their respective newspapers., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil WAr.
- Creator
- J. Hall & Co.
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall - Caricatures and cartoons [(3)5750.F.174c]
- Title
- The two Napoleons
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing dictators Napoleon I and Napoleon III standing side by side beneath a Phoenix., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Caricatures and cartoons [(3)5750.F.160a]
- Title
- The reliable gentleman
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature of James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the newspaper, The New York Herald. Shows Bennett with an umbrella under his arm, his hat at his feet, and an edition of his newspaper in hand., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits.
- Creator
- E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Anthony - Caricatures and cartoons [(1)5750.F.36d]
- 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
- The guerrilla chieftan
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States, with the body of a guerilla., Unmounted carte de visite., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Jefferson Davis and Confederate material., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5795.F.13e]
- Title
- [Caricature of Jefferson Davis attired as a Chinese man]
- Description
- Shows Davis on a coast in front of a fleet of ships labeled "200 Chinese fleet" sailing toward a Chinese pagoda labeled "Richmond" in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Jefferson Davis and Confederate material., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5795.F.7d]
- Title
- It's no use knocking at the door
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing George McClellan holding a valise labeled "Strategy" using the knocker of a door labeled "White House" and "1865." James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, attired as a Scotsman and holding a valise labeled "N.Y. Herald" accompanies the former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. The New York Herald published several stories critical of Lincoln's management of the war., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George B. McClellan., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- J. Hall & Co.
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall - Caricatures and cartoons [5793.F.24f; P.2006.1.23
- Title
- It's no use knocking at the door
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing George McClellan holding a valise labeled "Strategy" using the knocker of a door labeled "White House" and "1865." James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, attired as a Scotsman and holding a valise labeled "N.Y. Herald" accompanies the former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. The New York Herald published several stories critical of Lincoln's management of the war., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George B. McClellan., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- J. Hall & Co.
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall - Caricatures and cartoons [5793.F.24f; P.2006.1.23
- Title
- Jefferson Davis smelleth a mice and reflects
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing a rotund man, turned away from a full length mirror and aghast at a mouse scurrying down a pole resting on the rung of a rolling ladder., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George McClellan., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5793.F.24d]
- Title
- I wish I was in Dixie
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a racist and anti-abolition caricature of Abraham Lincoln showing Lincoln as a banjo playing Southerner with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his pocket., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.4f]
- Title
- I wish I was in Dixie
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a racist and anti-abolition caricature of Abraham Lincoln showing Lincoln as a banjo playing Southerner with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his pocket., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.4f]
- Title
- "As if he had been in a bottle strongly corked."
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature satirizing Benjamin Butler's failed expedition at Bermuda Hundred on the peninsula at the confluence of the Appomattox and James rivers during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign (1864). As quoted in Ulysses S. Grant's 1885-1886 memoirs, Butler's command of the movement of the troops left the general "as if he had been in a bottle strongly corked" by the Confederate line. Shows Butler encased in a corked bottle in front of a map labeled "Bermuda Hundred.", LCP holds original caricature drawing, probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook [drawings & watercolors - unid. - B (P.2006.1.11)]., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1886]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2006.1.12]
- Title
- D.P. Brown
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and a president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, sits facing slightly left., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on depicted 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. 1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINTS cdv portraits - sitter - Brown [(1)5750.F.59e]
- 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
- The negro on the brain
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a racist woodcut caricature showing Abraham Lincoln wearing a naked African American shaped as a stovepipe hat. Contains photographic reproduction of several lines of verse in English and German on verso: A goodly difference does exist; Among the party that did call; There is among them many a [one?]; Conservative and true at heart; But there are others [who insist?]; The white man's freedom would deny; To place them on an equal footing; No matter what the cost may be; Something is for the negro done; The negro on the brain., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.1a]
- Title
- The negro on the brain
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a racist woodcut caricature showing Abraham Lincoln wearing a naked African American shaped as a stovepipe hat. Contains photographic reproduction of several lines of verse in English and German on verso: A goodly difference does exist; Among the party that did call; There is among them many a [one?]; Conservative and true at heart; But there are others [who insist?]; The white man's freedom would deny; To place them on an equal footing; No matter what the cost may be; Something is for the negro done; The negro on the brain., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.1a]
- 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
- Joseph Hooker
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature of the Union General known as "Fighting Joe" Hooker. Shows Hooker as a pugilist., Title from manuscript note on mount: Jos. Hooker., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.7c]
- Title
- Lincoln's "guardian angel."
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature of William Seward, the Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln. Shows Seward with a vest and coat, wings, and a toga skirt. He holds a sword. Also includes a caricature of Napoleon III in "Mexico" in the background. Seward threatened American intervention against the puppet government installed in Mexico by France in 1864., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.18b]
- Title
- The happy governor of Massachusetts
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a caricature of John Albion Andrew. Shows the rotund governor skipping. Andrew organized the first African American Civil War regiment., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.2a]
- 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]