The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

46 cabinet cards of officers and enlisted men, some subjects identified. Photographers/publishers represented in the collection include: Bogardus (New York); James Stead (New York); Dana (New York); Fredricks (New York); Sarony (New York); Pach (New York); Kurtz (New York); Bostock and McDonald (Wallace, Idaho and Boise Barracks, Idaho); Stokes (Philadelphia); Gutekunst (Philadelphia); Berlin Studio (Chicago); Mosher (Chicago); Rice (Washington, DC); Wittick & Son (Albuquerque, NM); and Mora (New York). Conditions generally good to very good, with occasional toning, soiling, and edge and corner wear to mounts.

Highlighted subjects include: General Joseph Hooker in civilian dress, signed in lower margin by Hooker as Major General. -- John Rodgers, naval officer, in civilian dress. -- Portrait of an unidentified officer, possibly a cavalryman, taken in Albuquerque, NM, by Wittick & Son. -- General Winfield Scott Hancock in civilian dress, produced for his campaign for president in 1880 (trimmed along top edge). -- 2 portraits of Almira Russell Hancock, wife to Winfield Scott Hancock. -- General Robert Patterson, ca 1881. -- General Silas M. Bailey. -- Colonel William Mann. -- 19 portraits of members of the 12th Infantry - likely New York, credited to either James Stead or Dana of New York. -- Outdoor view of a military band marching in a parade of procession. Uncredited. -- And others.