Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Abstract The cartes de visite and cabinet cards collection is an assembled collection, originating from various 19th century photographic studios such as those of Matthew Brady and the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Dr. Lloyd Ostendorf, the internationally known "Lincoln Artist," of Dayton, Ohio, known around the world as the foremost authority on Lincoln images, generously identified the majority of the subjects in the photographs, through his assistance to the museum staff. His 1998...

Abstract The cartes de visite and cabinet cards collection is an assembled collection, originating from various 19th century photographic studios such as those of Matthew Brady and the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Dr. Lloyd Ostendorf, the internationally known "Lincoln Artist," of Dayton, Ohio, known around the world as the foremost authority on Lincoln images, generously identified the majority of the subjects in the photographs, through his assistance to the museum staff. His 1998...

Abstract The cartes de visite and cabinet cards collection is an assembled collection, originating from various 19th century photographic studios such as those of Matthew Brady and the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Dr. Lloyd Ostendorf, the internationally known "Lincoln Artist," of Dayton, Ohio, known around the world as the foremost authority on Lincoln images, generously identified the majority of the subjects in the photographs, through his assistance to the museum staff. His 1998...

Abstract An historical collection of Civil War ephemera, originally formed by John C. Browne, a resident of Philadelphia. It is comprised of many thousands of individual items from both the North and the South, including broadsides, patriotic covers, numerous Confederate postage stamps, badges, a fine series of Currier & Ives views of military and naval actions, election posters, flyers and ballots of the 1864 presidential campaign, Confederate bonds, song sheets and sheet music, photographs,...

Scope and Contents

The Presidential Novelty Card Collection is comprised of smaller documents pertaining to former presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, and other Lincoln association documents. The collection includes his Gettysburg Address Speech, reserved seating tickets for memorial events, and quotes from Abraham Lincoln. It also includes the novelty cards of the first twenty U.S. Presidents.