The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

24 CDVs of naval officers and sailors. Conditions generally good to very good. Occasional toning, spotting, and edge and corner wear to mounts. Including the following highlights:

Commodore William David Porter. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). -- Admiral David Dixon Porter. New York: Brady. -- Commodore Charles Stewart. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). -- Commodore Andrew Hull Foote. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). -- Commodore Matthew C. Perry. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). -- Admiral Charles Davis. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). --Admiral D.G. Farragut. Boston: Black & Case. -- Commodore Henry H. Bell. New York: Gurney & Son. -- Commodore John Worden. New York: C.D. Fredricks & Co. -- Commodore John Ancrum Winslow. Boston: Black & Case. -- Admiral Samuel F. DuPont. Philadelphia: Gutekunst. -- Admiral J.B. Montgomery. Boston: J.W. Black. -- Assistant Engineer Thomas V. McIntosh. New York: Fredricks & Daries. Signed on verso. -- 4 related CDVs, two showing Samuel Fox in naval uniform and civilian dress, one showing Leander Fox in naval uniform, and one showing an unidentified sailor. Three cartes include the imprint of Hope (New York), and one is credited to Lewis (New York). -- Vignetted view of "Cornelius Hanton/Hanlon?" of the USS Frolic, as autographed on verso. Lisbon: J. Silveira. -- 6 unidentified naval subjects credited to Bradley & Rulofson (San Francisco), J.W. Turner (Boston), Black (Boston), Tousley (Keeseville, NY), F.M. Zuller (Richfield Springs and US Naval Academy), one uncredited.

[With:] Printed invitation, 7 x 4 3/4 in., issued by the Officers and Midshipmen of the US Naval Academy, requesting the recipient's presence at a complimentary ball given to Mrs. Porter upon the retirement of Vice-Admiral Porter from his role as Superintendent, 4 June 1869.