Creator:
Cartes de visite.
Inclusive Dates:
1859- 1900
Abstract:
Cartes de visite of the 19th century
including albumen prints, platinotypes, tintypes and several lithographs. Included are
works by American, European, and Asian photographers: Abdullah Freres, E. & H.T. Anthony,
Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, J.H. Bufford, Alexander Gardner, London Stereoscopic
and Photographic Company, William E. Marshall, Mora, A. Sachtler, and Napoleon Sarony.
Subjects include celebrities, family portraits, indigenous peoples, soldiers, and travel
photos from America, Europe, China, Japan, and the Malay Pennisula.
Type of Material:
Albumen prints.
Cartes-de-visite.
Lithographs.
Photographs.
Platinum prints.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photography.
Photography
Altered prints.
Albumen paper.
Carte de visite photographs.
Lithography -- 19th century.
Photography -- 19th century.
Photograph collections.
Portrait photography -- 19th century.
Tintype.
Travel photography.
Creator:
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919.
Inclusive Dates:
1799- 1919
Abstract:
Papers of the physician, social reformer, native of Oswego, N.Y. Advocate of dress reform and women's suffrage. Collection includes correspondence (1833-1913), mainly from Dr. Walker's lecture tour of Britain in 1866-67 and from her Civil War service, 1862-65; legal and financial documents, including deeds, wills, and material concerning her divorce and employment at the Federal Pension Office; photographs; and writings, including material on the trial of Frank C. Almay in 1891, lectures, pamphlets, and reminiscences.
Type of Material:
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history
New York State
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Clothing and dress.
Divorce suits.
Lecturers.
Lectures and lecturing.
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Suffragists -- United States.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Women authors, American.
Women physicians -- United States.
Women social reformers -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.