Civil War era Carte-de-visite album of Famous Americans
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Abstract
This scrapbook contains 200 cartes-de-visite portraits of famous American men and women from the Civil War. The scrapbook contains an index to the subjects that appear in the album.
Content Description
This scrapbook contains 200 cartes-de-visite portraits of famous American men and women from the Civil War. The cartes-de-visite were likely originally published by William W. Harding, who was the publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer during the Civil War. The scrapbook contains an index to the subjects that appear in the album.
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Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to research without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection are in the public domain.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Civil War era Carte-de-visite album of Famous Americans, 2019.008, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This scrapbook was found in the collection, and there is no information about the original donor. This scrapbook was orginally assigned the identifier SCRAP.2009.019, and was given an accession number in 2019.
