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- Portrait of Man Wearing Uniform and Badge, 1860-1874 - The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected them to help them remember family and friends. This CdV shows a man with a badge -- perhaps a police officer. In the late 1800s, most police officers wore badges and military-type uniforms to help citizens identify them.
- 1860-1874
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Man Wearing Uniform and Badge, 1860-1874
The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected them to help them remember family and friends. This CdV shows a man with a badge -- perhaps a police officer. In the late 1800s, most police officers wore badges and military-type uniforms to help citizens identify them.
- Printing Block, "The Winning Hand," 1864 - Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965) had a lifelong interest in President Abraham Lincoln. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr, editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, amassed a collection of Lincolniana and wrote several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an 1864 political cartoon that shows Democratic Presidential candidate General George McClellan supposedly holding "The Winning Hand."
- 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Block, "The Winning Hand," 1864
Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965) had a lifelong interest in President Abraham Lincoln. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr, editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, amassed a collection of Lincolniana and wrote several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an 1864 political cartoon that shows Democratic Presidential candidate General George McClellan supposedly holding "The Winning Hand."
- Design for the New York Volunteer 107th Infantry Regiment Badge, with Motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria," circa 1865 -
- circa 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Design for the New York Volunteer 107th Infantry Regiment Badge, with Motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria," circa 1865
- Russian Delegation in America, Headed By Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov, New York, 1871 -
- 1871
- Collections - Artifact
Russian Delegation in America, Headed By Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov, New York, 1871