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Abraham Lincoln presidential collection [graphic]

 Collection
Identifier: AV 83
Scope and Contents Collection illustrates the life and death of Abraham Lincoln. Included are portraits of Lincoln as a young man and during the Presidency; the Republican Presidential ticket of 1860 and the Union Presidential ticket of 1864; photographs and postcards of his boyhood home and his home in Springfield, Illinois; pamphlets and invitations to events held in honor of Lincoln after his death; photographs of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and photographs, prints and postcards of busts and...
Dates: circa 1860-197-?

George B. McClellan [graphic]

 Collection
Identifier: SC 3535
Scope and Contents Collection consists of cartes de visite portraits of Union Civil War General George B. McClellan. Cartes de visite include photographic portraits and engraved reproductions of photographs. There are two copies of a print on carte de visite that depict McClellan with his wife, Ellen, and one the depicts Mrs. McClellan alone. Additionally, there is a an engraved portrait of McClellan in camp. It was published by Johnson, Fry & Co. and based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel. Two other...
Dates: 1861-19--

Jefferson Davis [graphic]

 Collection
Identifier: SC 2351
Scope and Contents Collection contains a carte de visite portrait of Confederate President Jefferson Davis by Brady's National Portrait Gallery. There is an engraved print based on this photograph. A second engraved print found in the collection depicts Davis seated. It is based on a painting. Additionally, there is a color print of Davis official residence in Richmond, Virginia that was known as the Confederate White House; a memorial stereograph commemorating his death; and a carte de visite that is composite...
Dates: circa 1861-19--

Ulysses S. Grant [graphic]

 Collection
Identifier: SC 4547
Scope and Contents The collection contains photographs, postcards and prints depicting Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, his Presidency and later in life, including images of Grant in military uniform and with his family. There are photographs and postcards depicting Grant's birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio, his childhood home and the school that he attended in Georgetown, Ohio. Additionally, the collection includes photographs of memorials to Grant and a "Welcome Grant" sign in Riverside, New York in...
Dates: circa 1860-198-?

William Tecumseh Sherman [graphic]

 Collection
Identifier: SC 3947
Scope and Contents Collection consists of period photographs, photographic reproductions and prints depicting General William Tecumseh Sherman during and after the Civil War. Primarily Sherman is depicted in military uniform, in a few images he is seen in formal dress. All but two images depict Sherman alone. There is one photograph of Sherman standing in the center of a group of officers. It is signed "To my old friend & commander Genl W.T. Sherman, Ever your friend, J.H. Hammond, April 14th, 1890." The...
Dates: 186--197-?