19th century actors carte de visite collection, 1860-1885 [graphic]. 1860-1885.

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19th century actors carte de visite collection, 1860-1885 [graphic]. 1860-1885.

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Consists of 605 carte de visite studio portraits of entertainers, actors, and actresses who performed on the American stage in the mid- to late 1800s. The collection is arranged alphabetically with a series of composite portrait groups at the end. Of note are portraits of the famous Booth family. The collection contains photographs by a number of important photographers, among them Napoleon Sarony, Mathew B. Brady, Charles D. Fredricks & Co., Jeremiah Gurney & Son, and Washington Lafayette Germon.

605 carte de visite photographic prints : b&w ; 4 x 2 1/2 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7661774

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Jeremiah Gurney & Son.

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Booth family.

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Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Chicago, to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Dec. 5 and 1890 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532629 From the description of Letters, 1858, 1887. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56685372 Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was the son of Junius Brutus Booth, the great British tragedian, and the older brother of John Wilkes Booth; Edwin was best known for his Shakespearean roles. ...

Sarony, Napoléon 1821-1896

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Artist and photographer. From the description of Napoleon Sarony correspondence, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980397 ...

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

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Mathew Brady was a prominent American photographer, best known for his battlefield photos during the Civil War. From the description of Mathew Brady letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 82087446 From the description of Letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50061938 Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823-1896) was a...

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Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette)

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Mora, 1849-

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Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852

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Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 – 30 November 1852) was a 19th century English stage actor. He was the father of actor John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. His other children included Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., an actor and theatre manager, and Asia Booth Clarke, a poet and writer. Booth was born in St. Pancras, London, Great Britain, the son of Richard Booth, a lawyer and avid supporter of the Am...

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

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Landscape, portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of [Robert Walter Weir] / [graphic] Charles D. Fredricks & Co. ca. 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220205750 ...