Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and other cased photographs, 1840-1870.

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Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and other cased photographs, 1840-1870.

This collection includes daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and other cased photographs. Approximately half of the images are identified although the inventory contains brief descriptions of unidentified images by age, gender, or clothing style. Many of the daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes have full cases, while others may only have half-cases. The collection includes portraits of children, Civil War soldiers, men and women (some at the time of their marriages), a funeral image, a Civil War regiment, a factory, several buidings and a pet dog. Families represented by the images include: Andreuss, Baker, Baldwin, Cairns, Canfield, Clark, Coddington, Coe, Comer, Congar, Dickerson, Dodd, Douglas, Drake, Furman, Halsey, Halsted, Holden, Lee, Marsh, Mulford, Munn, Landau, Ross, Sayre, Smalley, Symington, Van Wagenen, and others. Individuals represented include: Mrs. Nathaniel Camp, John Willard Coddington, Rev. John Ford, Gen. N.H. Halsted, Rev. Matthew H. Henderson of Trinity Church in Newark, Jenny Lind, Henry K. McDowell, Dr. S.C. Marsh, Isaac Mulford, Gov. William S. Pennington, General Jose Paer, and General Winfield Scott.

318 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7372600

New Jersey Historical Society Library

Related Entities

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Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce. He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insi...

Munn family.

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Henderson, Matthew

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Dodd family.

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Drake family.

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Canfield family.

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Douglas family.

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Furman family.

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Clark family.

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Coddington, John Willard.

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Baldwin family.

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Mulford, Isaac Skillman, 1799-1873

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Isaac Skillman Mulford (1799-1873), a Camden, N.J. (Camden County) physician, who began his practice in 1823, was a leader in the Camden community and active in various medical societies, including a term as president of the Camden County Medical Center. Dr. Camden wrote Civil and Political History of New Jersey (1848), studied the causes of cholera, spoke out in favor of prison reform, and supported the anti-slavery and temperance causes. From the description of Papers, 1835-1863. (...

Lind, Jenny

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Jenny Lind, a Tioga, Pa., native, served from 1924-1968 as a Methodist missionary to China, Japan, and Brazil. From the description of Jenny Lind papers, 1930-1971 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 650784714 ...

Halsey family.

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Congar family.

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Ross family.

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Mulford family.

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Marsh family.

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Pennington, William, 1796-1862

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William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) was an American politician and lawyer, the Governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843, and served as Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1813 and then studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen. He was admitted to the bar in 1817 and served as a clerk of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (where his...

Halsted family.

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Halsted, N. H.

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McDowell, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1861-1933

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Coe family.

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Comer family.

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Marsh, S. C.

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Baker family.

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Coddington family.

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Andreuss family.

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Cairns family.

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Holden family.

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Lee family.

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Dickerson family.

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