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88 cartes de visite, 4 tintypes, 1 gem-sized albumen, 2 gem-sized tintypes, and 1 Kodak cabinet card (occasional fading, toning). Most subjects are studio portraits, with several of Civil War generals and officers. Held in 3 albums: 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. embossed leather gilt with brass clasp (light scuffing). -- 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 embossed leather with double brass clasps (scuffing, pages detached). -- 4 1/2 x 6 in. tooled leather with double brass clasps (boards detached, spine lacking). Credited photographers include: Hempstead, LA: Woodbridge; New York: Sleight; New York: J. Gurney & Son; Brooklyn: P.E. Hopkins; Stockton, CA: I.S. Locke; New York: Atwood; New York: Gibbon; Bethlehem, PA: H.P. Osborne; New York: R.A. Lewis; Jersey City: Victor Piard; New York: R.A. Lord; among others. Union Generals and officers include: Ulysses S. Grant (vignetted lithographed CDV, uncredited); David Dixon Porter (uncredited); Joseph Hooker (2, E. & H.T. Anthony form Brady negative); George McClellan (New York: E. & H.T. Anthony from Brady negative); Abner Doubleday (uncredited); John Buford (New York: Brady); William Rosecrans (New York: Brady); Leonidas Polk (New York: E. & H.T. Anthony from Brady negative); Robert Anderson (New York: E. Anthony, 1861). Confederate Generals include: Stonewall Jackson. (Vignetted lithographed CDV. New York: Charles D. Fredricks & Co.); John C. Breckinridge (New York: E. & H.T. Anthony form Brady negative). Politicians, reformers, and other notable figures are also represented in the album, including: Queen Victoria (Eton: Hills & Saunders), John Albion Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts (New York: E. Anthony from Brady negative); and Alfred, Lord Tennyson (New York: Charles D. Fredricks & Co.