Photo of black Union soldiers of Company E of the 107th Regiment United States Colored Troops posing with their muskets in front of a building in Fort Woodbury in Arlington, Virginia, November 1, 1865. Taken by photographer William Morris Smith for Alexander Gardner.
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Saturday, June 27, 2026
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Photo of the Office of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in St. Louis, Missouri (1867)
Portrait of a group posing in front of the office of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in St. Louis, Missouri, 1867. Taken by photographer Alexander Gardner and originally published as a stereoview.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
CDV Photo Self-Portrait of Photographer Alexander Gardner Dressed as a Frontiersmen (1861)
Carte-de-visite self-portrait of photographer Alexander Gardner dressed as trapper or mountain man and posing with a bow and arrow, c. 1861.
Monday, January 15, 2018
“View Looking Up Kansas River Towards General Dietzler’s House” (1867)
“View looking up Kansas River towards General Dietzler’s house.” Stereoview taken in Kansas in 1867 by Alexander Gardner.
Source: Library of Congress.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Portrait of Female Members of the White Mountain Rangers, a Home Guard Militia Unit, Posing With Spears Possibly in New Hampshire (1861)
Portrait of female members of the White Mountain Rangers, a home guard militia unit, posing with spears possibly in New Hampshire, c. 1861. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoview.
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Friday, October 2, 2015
People Posing With a Stagecoach in Front of a Row of Businesses in the Eldridge House in Lawrence, Kansas (1867)
People posing with a stagecoach in front of a row of businesses in the Eldridge House in Lawrence, Kansas, 1867. By Alexander Gardner.
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Sunday, September 6, 2015
A Group Posing in Front of the Crandall House in Lawrence, Kansas (1867)
A group posing in front of the Crandall House in Lawrence, Kansas, 1867. By Alexander Gardner.
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Friday, September 4, 2015
Union Civil War Veteran and Kansas Pacific Railway Company Employee Charles B. Lamborn Posing With Two Friends Along the Banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri (1867)
Union Civil War veteran and Kansas Pacific Railway Company employee Charles B. Lamborn (center) posing with two friends along the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, 1867. By Alexander Gardner.
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A Group Posing in Front of a Drover's Cottage at MacCoy's Stock Yard in Abilene, Kansas (1867)
A group posing in front of a drover's cottage at MacCoy's Stock Yard in Abilene, Kansas, 1867. By Alexander Gardner.
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American Artillerymen and Infantrymen Posing at Fort Harker in Kanopolis, Kansas (1867)
American artillerymen and infantrymen posing at Fort Harker in Kanopolis, Kansas, 1867. By Alexander Gardner.
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Thursday, August 27, 2015
A Group of Men Posing in Front of a Public School Under Construction in Leavenworth, Kansas (1867)
A group of men posing in front of a public school under construction in Leavenworth, Kansas, 1867. By Alexander Gardner.
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Sunday, August 23, 2015
View of Traffic on Turnpike Bridge in Lawrence, Kansas (1867)
View of traffic on Turnpike Bridge in Lawrence, Kansas, 1867. The darkroom used to develop this photograph is possibly visible on the back of the wagon on the left. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoview.
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Saturday, July 18, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
View of Union Soldiers Guarding a Pontoon Bridge Crossing the Potomac River Connecting Virginia With Brunswick, Maryland (1862)
View of Union soldiers guarding a pontoon bridge crossing the Potomac River connecting Virginia, in the foreground, with Berlin (now Brunswick), Maryland, October 1862. The bridge on the right was destroyed by Confederate forces. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Union Officers of the 3rd and 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments Drinking in Camp at Westover Landing, Virginia (1862)
Union officers of the 3rd and 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments drinking in camp at Westover Landing, Virginia, August 1862. By Alexander Gardner.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Union Colonel William W. Averell of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment and His Staff at Westover Landing, Virginia (1862)
Union Colonel William W. Averell (second from left) of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment and his staff at Westover Landing, Virginia, August 1862. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
Four Animated Stereoscopic Views of the Dead Confederate Sharpshooter in Devil's Den After the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
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| By Alexander Gardner. |
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| By Timothy O'Sullivan. |
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| By Timothy O'Sullivan. |
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| The body after being moved 72 yards and posed next to the stone wall. By Timothy O'Sullivan. |
Four animated stereoscopic views of the Confederate sharpshooter in Devil's Den after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. By Alexander Gardner and Timothy O'Sullivan.
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Friday, January 16, 2015
A Group of Union Artillery Officers Posing in Front of a Tent on the Antietam Battlefield (1862)
A group of unidentified Union artillery officers posing in front of a tent on the Antietam battlefield shortly after the battle there near Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 1862. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Union Officers Colonel John S. Crocker, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin C. Butler, and Another Unidentified Man of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing in Front of a Tent on the Antietam Battlefield (1862)
Union officers Colonel John S. Crocker, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin C. Butler, and another unidentified man of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in front of a tent on the Antietam battlefield shortly after the battle there, September 1862. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Friday, January 9, 2015
Portrait of Two Union Officers and Three Chaplains From the Irish Brigade During the Peninsula Campaign at Harrison's Landing, Virginia (1862)
Portrait of two Union officers and three chaplains from the Irish Brigade during the Peninsula Campaign at Harrison's Landing, Virginia July 1862. Sitting on the left is Captain J. J. McCormick, in the center is Father James Dillon, and on the right is Father William Corby. Father Patrick Dillon is standing on the left and Dr. Philip O’Hanlon is standing on the right. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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