R.W. Addis, Photographer, 308 Penna Avenue, Washington, D.C. Cameo portrait of Captain C.B. Compton in uniform. Carte de visite

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection (JWJ MSS 54) > Series I. Visual Material > CARTES DE VISITE > R.W. Addis, Photographer, 308 Penna Avenue, Washington, D.C. Cameo portrait of Captain C.B. Compton in uniform. Carte de visite


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Description

Title
R.W. Addis, Photographer, 308 Penna Avenue, Washington, D.C. Cameo portrait of Captain C.B. Compton in uniform. Carte de visite
Creator
From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created
1863
Description
In pencil, verso: "Capt. C.B. Compton." Capt. Compton, 11 Regt. Iowa Inf.; white Civil War officer. Appointed Major, 47th U.S.C.T. (Colored Troops) May, 1863; Appointed Lieut. Colonel, 53rd U.S.C.T., December 9, 1864. Identity based on research. From an album.
Provenance
Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
JWJ MSS 54
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Container / Volume
Box 11, folder 411

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Citation
Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
4465927
Object ID (OID)
2003908

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