American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

Seated portrait of 1st Lieutenant Sylvester Barrett Shepard, 91st New York Infantry Regiment, KIA at Port Hudson, wearing a short slouch hat with regimental device and an ornate mourning badge on his sleeve (minor toning, very minor spotting and pinholes to image/mount). Albany, NY: S. J. Thompson & Co, n.d. Photographer's imprint to verso. --
Standing portrait of a bearded older gentleman wearing a long coat and having a black mourning band tied around his arm (good condition). San Francisco: William Shew, n.d. Shew's imprint on verso along with cancelled 3-cent revenue stamp. -- Standing portrait of a soldier wearing a mourning badge on his chest, a mourning band around one arm, and a III Corps badge on the other (spotting and few abrasions to print; mount and print clipped at corners). Washington: Brady, n.d. Brady's imprint to verso. -- Standing portrait of a civilian wearing a mourning cockade badge on his lapel (toning, few spots to print; wear to mount edges/corners). Boston: Whipple, n.d. Photographer's imprint to verso along with 3-cent revenue stamp intialed by Whipple, "JAW." -- Standing portrait of a 12th New York Cavalry sergeant wearing a mourning cockade badge on his coat (toning, spotting, soiling, and wear including some losses to print; mount with spotting, soiling, and wear to edges/corners). Uncredited, but inscribed in pencil on verso: "Sergt. C [indecipherable], 12th NY Cav." -- And 4 other portraits of men wearing mourning badges. -- Together, 8 CDVs.