A Group of "Contrabands"
Classification:
Date:
1861-1865, published later
Medium:
Stereograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 7 in. (10.5 x 17.8 cm)
Description:
Large group of African-American men, women, and children seated in front of a wooden structure.
Object Number:
PR.065.772.2
Date Begin:
1861
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
64819
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Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
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Date:
1865
Medium:
Stereograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (8.3 x 17.1 cm)
Description:
Tents set up in a camp, a shovel and some buckets on ground, brick buildings and homes in background.
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Date Begin:
1865
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
64818
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Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
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Date:
1864
Medium:
Photograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
Object Number:
PR.052.56.GrantUniform.Photos.
Date Begin:
1864
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
64815
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Special artist of Harper's Weekly sketching battle field of Gettysburg
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1863
Medium:
Stereograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (8.3 x 17.1 cm)
Description:
Artist Alfred R. Waud, seated with his sketchbook.
Object Number:
PR.065.777.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
64813
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Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
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Date:
1862, published later
Medium:
Stereograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (10.8 x 17.1 cm)
Description:
Lincoln and General McClellan in his tent at Antietam, table draped with American flag.
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
64812
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The Dead at Gettysburg
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
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Date:
ca. 1863
Medium:
Photograph
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (31.8 x 38.4 cm)
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
64808
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ely Parker
Classification:
Date:
Late 1860s
Medium:
Carte de Visite
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library
Object Number:
PR.011.4
Bibliography:
Rasmussen, William M. S. and Robert S. Tilton. Lee and Grant. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 2007.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
64805
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Fred[erick] Douglass (1817-1895)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Albumen print, carte-de-visite
Dimensions:
Card: 8.9 x 5.4 cm (3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library, Gift of Mr. Rodman Gilder
Object Number:
PR.011.2
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold, ed. "Lincoln and New York." New York: The New-York Historical Society and London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2009.
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
64198
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I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
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Date:
1864
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
Description:
Sojourner Truth
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
64197
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Introduction of Croton Water
Classification:
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Description:
Photograph of float during parade, 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration, New York History Float
Credit Line:
Gift of Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
Object Number:
PR.268.1.3.NYHF.52
Marks:
Label, recto, lower center: "85B"; Stamp, verso, lower right: "Gift of Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, May 5, 1911"
Inscriptions:
Verso: upper center in graphite: "1910-234", upper right in graphite: "85B", lower left in graphite: "Float #52, Croton Water"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
63315
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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