The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

22 CDVs of Founding Fathers and US Presidents, comprised of a combination of images after lithographs/engravings and from life photographs. Images in varying conditions though most feature some toning and spotting, with wear to mount edges and corners. Including:

Benjamin Franklin. Uncredited. -- Aaron Burr. [New York]: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- CDV, aged gentleman possibly holding a cane. Dover, NH: Brigham. Although unidentified, the style and subject of the portrait appear similar to documented images of Revolutionary War veterans. -- The Presidents of the United States. Uncredited. Composite CDV of US Presidents George Washington through Andrew Johnson. -- George Washington. New York: Charles D. Fredricks & Co. -- The Tomb and Shade of Washington. Uncredited. -- Andrew Jackson. New York: E. Anthony (Brady negative). -- Millard Fillmore (2). First pose, New York: O.B. Evans, 1861. A view of Fillmore in uniform as commander of the Union Continentals. Second pose, New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). -- Abraham Lincoln (5). First pose, vignetted portrait, New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). Second pose, seated portrait, New York: J.O. Kane. Third pose, Lincoln with his son Tad, Washington, DC: Alexander Gardner. Fourth pose, Lincoln with Tad. Washington, DC: Brady. Fifth pose, showing "Washington and Lincoln (Apotheosis)," Philadelphia: J.A. Arthur. -- Mary Todd Lincoln (2). First pose, seated portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln wearing a flowers in her hair, New York: E. Anthony (Brady negative). Second pose, vignetted portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln, Boston: Mumler. -- Andrew Johnson (3). First pose, Washington, DC: Alexander Gardner. Second pose, Washington, DC: Gardner. Third pose, Springfield, MA: Lewis J. Powers. -- James F. Wilson. Washington, DC: Brady. Wilson served as a Republican Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the Civil War, and later as a two-term Senator from Iowa. While with the House of Representatives, he had prominently opposed the 1867 effort to impeach Andrew Johnson. However, he voted for the subsequent 1868 impeachment of Johnson, and served as a manager (prosecutor) during Johnson's impeachment trial. -- Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife, Lucy Hayes. New York: Mora. -- James Garfield. Boston: N.W. Appleton.