Informal carte-de-visite photographs probably created by James L. Cotter documenting Inuit people and dwellings probably in the vicinity of the eastern coast of Hudson Bay or Belcher Islands, Canada, ca. 1867-1870. Images documenting the traditional costume of the Inuits include an informal portrait of a girl, in addition to group portraits of three women and two men and another group portrait of over sixty children, women, and men. Images documenting Inuit dwellings include a group of men and women in front of three igloos and sitting on top of a sled, two igloos without people, and a structure similar to a tipi with a wooden door
Description:
James L. Cotter worked in various capacities from clerk to chief factor for the Hudson's Bay Company, 1857-1888., Title devised by cataloger., Manuscript inscriptions and signatures on the rectos and verso of the photographic prints., and The mount on one photographic print bears a mark for R. Smith, Port Hope and Peterborough, Ontario.
Subject (Geographic):
Hudson Bay, Canada, and Hudson Bay.
Subject (Name):
Cotter, James L., 1839-1889. and Smith, R., photographer.
Subject (Topic):
Inuit, Clothing, Indian architecture, and Indians of North America
Carte-de-visite photographs of soldiers in the 65th and 67th United States Colored Infantry Regiments during the American Civil War created in the studios of photographers in southern Louisiana, 1864-1867. The studio portraits primarily depict white officers in the regiments, but include a single double portrait of two African American enlisted men, First Sergeant Thomas Stafford and Private Gentry Emmerson, who served as a principal musician playing a fife, Officers from the regiments include Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Losey, Captain and Regimental Quartermaster Pomeroy W. Laughlin, Captain Jordan J. D. Scales, Adjutant Albert F. Hunt, First Lieutenant Anson B. Mills, Second Lieutenant Lewis Merriam, and Second Lieutenant Hiram M. Roberts, and The photographers in southern Louisiana include Andrew D. Lytle, Baton Rouge; Frey & Olsen, Photographers, Morganza; Theodore Lilienthal's Photographic Gallery and J. W. Perry, both in New Orleans
Description:
The 65th Colored Infantry Regiment organized March 11, 1864. It performed garrison duty at Morganza, La., until May 1865 when it moved to Port Hudson, La., and performed garrison duty there and at Baton Rouge and in Northern District of Louisiana until January 1867. Mustered out January 8, 1867., The 67th Colored Infantry Regiment organized March 11, 1864. It moved from Benton Barracks, Mo., to Port Hudson, La., then to Morganza, La., and stayed there until June 1865. Consolidated with 65th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, July 12, 1865., Title devised by cataloger., and Manuscript inscriptions and signatures on the recto and verso of the photographic prints.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Emmerson, Gentry., Hunt, Albert F., Laughlin, Pomeroy W., Lilienthal, Theodore, b. 1829., Losey, Henry E., Lytle, Andrew David, 1834-1917., Merriam, Lewis., Mills, Anson B., 1842-1915., Petty, J. W., b. 1834., Roberts, Hiram M., Scales, Jordan J. D., Stafford, Thomas., Frey & Olsen, Photographers., Theodore Lilienthal's Photographic Gallery., United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 65th (1864-1867)., and United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 67th (1864-1865).
Subject (Topic):
African American soldiers, Soldiers, History, African Americans, and Participation, African American
Photographs of copper and gold mining activities, camps and miners in Nevada and California, and of a trail ride through the Grand Canyon in Arizona. In Nevada there are views of the Mohawk Mine in Goldfield, the J. R. Crawford Copper Mine and camp near Schurz, and the boom town of Rawhide, Photographs of California include views of Mt. Grant, Mt. Wilson, the San Gabriel Range of the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the Arroyo Seco, and the Tarantula Mine, There are also photographic and photomechanical postcards, many in color, depicting Donner Lake, Sonora, Sacremento and San Francisco in California, and views of Reno and the mining towns of Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada. A double-postcard depicts a panoramic view of the Truckee River and dam. Two postcards are addressed to J. Randall Crawford at the Princeton Club in New York and a third is addressed to Mrs. J. R. Crawford in England, and J. R. Crawford is present in many of the photographs, including an interior view of the Tarantula Mine eight hundred feet below the surface
Description:
Detailed manuscript captions are in the hand of J.R. Crawford. Several photographs and all of the postcards are views by commercial photographers in Nevada and California (Kennedy, Larson, Mitchell, Owens, Rieder, and Weidner). and Jack Randall Crawford received his B.S. and M.A. from Princeton University (1901, 1903). From 1909 to 1946 he was an Associate Professor of English at Yale University.
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada., California., Goldfield (Nev.), Reno (Nev.), Ragtown (Nev.), Tonopah (Nev.), Nevada, Sierra Madre Mountains (Calif.), California, and Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878- and Tarantula Mine (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Copper mines and mining, and Mines and mineral resources
Collection of cartes-de-visite and tintypes relating to John Nevin King, mostly studio portraits of other members of the Northwest Boundary Survey, King's family, and Civil War era portraits. Photographers from the Midwest, the Northeast, Ireland and Australia are represented. There is also a single outdoor image of two unidentified men
Description:
John Nevin King served in the Mexican War and in 1850 went overland to California, where he served in the Quartermaster's Department and did some prospecting for gold before joining the Northwest Boundary Survey in 1857. During the Civil War he served with General John G. Parke, afterwards returning to the Northwest where he became Chief Commissary officer of the Department of Oregon. and Manuscript captions on mounts. Civil War tax stamps (1864-1866) on some mounts.
Subject (Name):
King, John Nevin, 1827-1915. and North American Boundary Commission.
Photograph albums of a trip by steamer to Alaska, including photographs of the Steamer "Queen" sailing out of Tacoma, of Sitka, and ice flows and formations in Pyramid Bay, Yakutat Bay, Glacier Bay, and the Muir Glacier, The second album includes photographs of totem poles and Indian dwellings around Fort Wrangell, the mission school at the fort, the Treadwell gold mine on Douglas Island and views of Juneau and of the Davidson, Auk, Pattison and Taku glaciers and the Chilkoot Peaks, and Many of the photographs are commercial views by I. W. Taber, and one photograph depicts a photographer and his camera in front of Muir Glacier
Description:
Individual prints are 24.4 x 19.8 cm. or smaller. All photographs are accompanied either by manuscript or letterpress captions. One album lacks covers. One album includes newspaper clippings written by Woodhull, describing his trip from Tacoma to Alaska in 1891. and Album pages are extremely fragile.
Subject (Geographic):
Treadwell Mine, Alaska, Wrangell (Alaska), Juneau (Alaska), and Sitka (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Woodhull, L. and Queen (Steamer).
Subject (Topic):
Pictorial works, Indians of North America, Totem poles, and Description and travel
Photograph albums of a trip by steamer to Alaska, including photographs of the Steamer "Queen" sailing out of Tacoma, of Sitka, and ice flows and formations in Pyramid Bay, Yakutat Bay, Glacier Bay, and the Muir Glacier, The second album includes photographs of totem poles and Indian dwellings around Fort Wrangell, the mission school at the fort, the Treadwell gold mine on Douglas Island and views of Juneau and of the Davidson, Auk, Pattison and Taku glaciers and the Chilkoot Peaks, and Many of the photographs are commercial views by I. W. Taber, and one photograph depicts a photographer and his camera in front of Muir Glacier
Description:
Individual prints are 24.4 x 19.8 cm. or smaller. All photographs are accompanied either by manuscript or letterpress captions. One album lacks covers. One album includes newspaper clippings written by Woodhull, describing his trip from Tacoma to Alaska in 1891. and Album pages are extremely fragile.
Subject (Geographic):
Treadwell Mine, Alaska, Wrangell (Alaska), Juneau (Alaska), and Sitka (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Woodhull, L. and Queen (Steamer).
Subject (Topic):
Pictorial works, Indians of North America, Totem poles, and Description and travel
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
Photograph album relating to Frank N. Barrett's cross-country trip from New York to California in 1889, titled "From Ocean to Ocean." The album contains newspaper clippings and other emphemera in addition to commercial photographs of scenery and sites in Chicago, Philadelphia, Kansas City, various parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon, and scenery in Yellowstone National Park, New York and California and Views in California include Coronado, San Diego, Point Loma, San Gabriel Valley in Pomona, San Jose Valley, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Del Monte, San Rafael, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Sierra Madre Mountains, Mt. Tamalpais, and Mt. Shasta
Description:
Frank N. Barrett was secretary of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the editor of American Grocer when he travelled from New York to California in order to study that state's "contribution to the world food supply." The newspaper clippings represent the letters he sent back to the American Grocer, published under the heading "From Ocean to Ocean: Notes by the Way" in 1889., Accompanied by two folders, one containing a 26-page typescript with manuscript annotations describing the cross-country trip illustrated in the album, and the other containing clippings and miscellaneous commercial photographs of scenery along the route of the trip., and Album pages are extremely fragile.
Photographs of Kansas and Indian Territory, including views of the Railroad Strike of 1886 in Parsons, Kansas, the Baptist Indian University in Bacone, Indian Territory, a portrait of J. M. Perryman, and a group portrait of P. Porter, J. M. Perryman, and S. H. Mayer. There is also one unidentified male portrait, possibly of Perryman
Description:
Advertisement on verso of earlier mounts for J. F. Standiford, Travelling Photographer in the Indian Territory with Resident Headquarters at Parsons, Kansas; advertisement on verso of later mounts for J. F. Standiford, The Only U. S. Licensed Photographer in the Indian Territory, with Resident and Gallery Headquarters at Muskogee, Creek Nation.
