American portrait album : album of cartes de visite, ca. 1860-1880.

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American portrait album : album of cartes de visite, ca. 1860-1880.

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Small bound album contains cartes de visite, most about 10.5 x 6 cm. Several subjects are identified, usually with the inscription of the sitter's name. They include, Leland Stanford, William Gannaway Brownlow, Charles Clayton (possible owner of the album), Henry Dutton, A.H. Phelps, and Thomas H. Selby. One photograph is inscribed to Mr. Charles Clayton from our Shing, July 16, 1869. Several men are depicted as soldiers including Joseph Wood (most of these are engravings). One photo depicts Arlington House, the headquarters of the federal army during the Civil War. There are two portraits of Chinese men and one portrait of a woman.

1 photograph album (88 portraits, 3 genre scenes) : primarily albumen prints, 1 tintype, and several engravings ; 13.5 x 19 cm.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8341469

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Wood, Joseph Sutherland, 1946-

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Reverend and member of Co. E., 49th Massachusetts Volunteers. From the description of Diary, 1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36547503 ...

Clayton, Charles, 1825-1885

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Epithet: Manager, Oxygenated Water Co. Ltd British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x0002f4 ...

Selby, Thomas H., 1820-1875

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Dutton, Henry, 1796-1869

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Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

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William G. Brownlow was a minister, newspaper publisher, and governor, who attacked the Confederacy after Tennessee seceded from the Union. He was forced to cease publishing and was imprisoned, but he was enventually freed and was escorted to Union lines in March 1862. He toured the North, stirring up support for East Tennessee Unionists and publishing books and articles, including his gubernatorial policies, which helped Tennessee become the first former Confederate state to be readmitted to th...

Phelps, A.H.

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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...