American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online

A group of 60+ photographs of military subjects, including CDVs, cabinet cards, and stereoviews, ranging in size from 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. to 6 x 8 in., majority being cabinet cards (approx. 5 1/2 x 4 in.). The collection is comprised of portraits of individuals and groups, both formal and informal, including some images of soldiers taken in the field, ca mid-19th century through early 20th century.

Several photographs are credited on the cardstock mount or in the negative. Identified photographers include: Williams, Honolulu, HI. -- Weitz, San Francisco, CA. -- Sarony, New York, NY. -- Asnon Studio, Elizabeth, NJ. -- Barnums Studio, Knox, IN. -- Hastings, Boston, MA. -- Kroneberger, Chester, PA. -- Kuhn & Cummens, Baltimore, MD. -- West, Fort Buford, Dakota Territory. -- Dillon, Washington, DC. -- Howd, Paterson, NJ. -- Palmer, Buffalo, NY. -- Kraft, New York, NY. -- Stuart, Hartford, CT. -- Whitbeck, Hudson, NY. -- Bell, York, PA. -- Brown, Boston, MA. -- Baumgarten, Charlotte, NC. -- Chickering, Boston, MA. -- Gilbert & Bacon, Philadelphia, PA. -- Lloyd, Troy, NY. -- Olsen, Hartford, CT. -- Robinson & Roe, Chicago & New York.

Highlighted photographs include: 4 cabinet cards on thin cardstock mounts of identified US Naval officers, including William Shubrick and Henry Hoff. -- Oval portrait, approx. 5 x 3 1/2 in., on cardstock mount, showing a man in Zouave uniform, with sword in belt and instrument in hand. Elizabeth, NJ: Asnon Studio, 1903. verso inscription, "Le 30 Mai - 1903, Decoration Day...George Hector (?) Sen., Veteran Zouave of Elizabeth, N.J." -- Cabinet card of "Capt. J.P. Walker, 3rd Cavalry, Retired." Washington, DC: L.C. Dillon (top edge of print and mount trimmed, edge and corner wear to mount). -- Cabinet card of armed subject, with verso identification, "Charles Stevenson dad, Albert Stevenson, Knox, Ind." Possibly Albert Stevenson of the 29th Indiana Infantry. Knox, IN: Barnums Studio (toning and fading to print, edge wear to mount). -- CDV of a young father in military uniform, posed with his 17-month-old child. Troy, NY: Lloyd (crease to lower right corner). -- 6 3/8 x 8 2/3 in. silver gelatin photograph with verso identification, "Ray R. Rozenburg, Brigade Hdq. 1st Brig., Port au Prince, Republic of Haiti" (loss to edges, album residue on verso). -- Album page with 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. photographs mounted recto/verso, one showing a group of soldiers staring at a dog (credited to Emerson in negative), the other showing a group of officers. -- 6 x 8 1/4 in. silver gelatin photograph on cardstock mount, captioned in the negative, "The German War. Guarding R.R. Bridge Near Beldeps (?), May 7, 1917 (toning, soiling to print and mount).

Together, approx. 60 photographs of military subjects. Condition varies from poor to very good, with toning, spotting, edge and corner wear throughout.