Photo of Fort Lafayette taken from Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York City, c. 1860. Taken by photographer Platt Babbitt and originally published as a glass stereoview.
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Photo of Fort Lafayette taken from Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York City, c. 1860. Taken by photographer Platt Babbitt and originally published as a glass stereoview.
Portrait of Dickinson College janitor Henry Watts posing with a number of items including a bucket, broom, anatomical poster, globe, furnace and lantern slide projector in February 1862. He also has a number of keys strung across his chest and is holding his hat in his left hand. Taken by Amateur Photographic Exchange Club member Charles Himes and originally published as a stereoview.
View of a crowd in along Main Street in front of the Spotswood Hotel said to be there to greet Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, presumably shortly after his release from Federal custody in the city in May 1867. This information comes from a note on the back of the card. I could not find any other corroboration that the photo shows a crowd waiting for Davis. Taken by photographer D. H. Anderson and originally published as a stereoview.
Portrait of writer Henry Tuckerman posing in his office in a building along West 10th Street in New York City, New York, c. 1861. Taken by photographer Sigismund Beer and originally published as a stereoview.
Photo of Union soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Regiment and civilians on the South Common in Lowell, Massachusetts, c. 1861-1864. Taken by photographer Simon Towle and originally published as a stereoview. The caption on the back of the stereoview is: "May training on South Common, jail in distance, 7 companies of the 6th Regiment Volunteers." The city's jail is prominently featured in the background at center.
"Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going East." Photo of settlers and their covered wagons traveling through Strawberry Valley, California, 1865. An inscription on a rock at right says "J. T. Lee" followed by more partially visible words/letters/symbols. By photography firm Lawrence and Houseworth and originally published as a stereoview. A rare copy of the stereoview in the collection of the New York Public Library has a copyright date of 1865 on it.
Cabinet card copy of a portrait photograph of American mountain man Jim Bridger, c. 1860s. The original photo has been lost to time and it is unclear exactly what type of photo it was.
Portrait of a group of French soldiers posing in front of a building, possibly a large stable, location unknown, c. 1860s/1870's. Originally published as a stereoview.
Portrait of a group of armed Union soldiers posing in front of a barracks building during the Civil War, location unknown, c. 1860s.
Portrait of a group posing in front of the Newport Harbor Light on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer Joshua Williams and originally published as a stereoview.
View of houses and businesses in Sioux City, Iowa, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer Byron Gurnsey and originally published as a stereoview.
"Corridor of Capitol, Washington, USA." View of an unidentified hallway in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., c. 1860s. Originally published as a stereoview.
View of a steamboat named Yellowstone possibly photographed on the Missouri River near Sioux City, Iowa, c. 1865-1870. Taken by photographer Byron H. Gurnsey and originally published as a stereoview. Other stereoviews in the Library of Congress' collection by Gurnsey with the same mount were taken in and around Fort Berthold in Dakota Territory.
Portrait of two women posing in a horse-drawn carriage on the grounds of Oakland Hall in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, c. 1860s. Probably taken by an amateur photographer and originally published as a stereoview.
Portrait of three buglers of the Utica Citizens Corps posing in front of a tent in Camp Greenman near Saratoga Springs, New York, 1869. Taken by Deloss Barnum and originally published as a stereoview.
View of Union General Philip Kearny's house, known to locals as Kearny Castle, in what would become Kearny, New Jersey, 1862. The photo was taken a few months before Kearny was killed at the Battle of Chantilly in September 1862. The house was also known as Bellegrove Chateau and Kearny Manor and seems to have been demolished in 1927 after it was sold at auction in 1926. Taken by Amateur Photographic Exchange Club member William Mead and originally published as a stereoview.
Portrait of musicians of the Utica Citizens Corps band posing in front of tents at Camp Greenman near Saratoga Springs, New York, 1869. Taken by photographer Deloss Barnum and originally published as a stereoview.
View of the War Department building in Washington, D.C., c. 1860s. Originally published as a stereoview by D. Appleton & Company.