ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY CIVIL WAR / VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM 49 PERIOD IMAGES For Sale

ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY CIVIL WAR / VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
49 PERIOD IMAGES – IDENTIFIED PEOPLE – CIVIL WAR MILITARY – CDVs – TINTYPESOffered as found is an original Victorian photograph album containing 49 distinct period images dating approximately from the 1860s through the 1880s.The album contains approximately 47 photographic images (including CDVs/card photographs/tintypes and related period photographs) plus 2 period printed/engraved portraits.IMPORTANT IDENTIFIED CIVIL WAR PORTRAIT:JAMES RICHARD SLACK (1818–1881)
A period engraved portrait in the album has been positively identified through documentary research as James Richard Slack, Union Brigadier General and Brevet Major General, U.S. Volunteers.
His signature is on the same photo page but has been folded under to fit into the album slot.Slack commanded the 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and participated in major Civil War operations including Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Vicksburg, Mansfield and Fort Blakeley.The portrait bears the Philadelphia imprint of GALAXY PUBLISHING CO. Research connects it to the 1874 \"Biographical Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century,\" which contains a biography of James R. Slack and portrait plates. The engraving also carries the H.B. Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St., New York imprint.SECOND CIVIL WAR MILITARY CDV – CURRENTLY UNIDENTIFIED:One particularly important original CDV depicts an older Union officer in a double-breasted military frock coat, wearing small wire spectacles and a full gray beard.The reverse is clearly marked:F. GUTEKUNST
Photographer
704 & 706 Arch St.
Philada.Frederick Gutekunst was one of Philadelphia\'s important Civil War photographers. Library of Congress records document numerous Union officers photographed by Gutekunst using this exact 704 & 706 Arch Street imprint, including Major General George B. McClellan, Brigadier General Robert M. West, Lt. Col. Milton Opp, Surgeon William L. Newell and other Union servicemen.The identity of this officer has NOT been established and no identification is represented in this sale. Considerable research has been conducted, but I am leaving the attribution open for the next collector/researcher.NAMED / INSCRIBED PEOPLE IN THE ALBUM INCLUDE:• Henry Allan Mason – named portrait; P.L. Perkins, Photographer, 205 & 207 Race St., Philadelphia
• Sue Harvey – named female portrait
• Marion Suzette/Suzetta Simpson – childhood portrait by John A. Scholten, St. Louis; inscription appears to give age 19 months and date Dec. 12, 1873
• Thomas H. Simpson – infant portrait by Cramer, Gross & Co., St. Louis; reverse reads \"Thomas H. Simpson / age 6 months / to his Grand Mother / March 14th 1874\"
• Additional Simpson child – Scholten photograph with period handwritten identification that appears to include the name Harvey Simpson Jr.; handwriting partially difficult to decipher
• \"Dillon – Washington\" – period handwritten identification/location, exact identity unresolvedPHOTOGRAPHERS / LOCATIONS REPRESENTED INCLUDE:PHILADELPHIA:
F. Gutekunst – 704 & 706 Arch St.
P.L. Perkins – 205 & 207 Race St.
Galaxy Publishing Co.WASHINGTON, D.C.:
Gardner\'s Gallery – 921 Pennsylvania Ave.
C.M. Bell – Pennsylvania AvenueST. LOUIS:
John A. Scholten
Hallwig & Co.
Cramer, Gross & Co.LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY:
Frank Z. Fritz – 46½ Coryell StreetALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA:
John Daily – 1311 Eleventh AvenueBALTIMORE:
J.H. Pope – 91 W. Baltimore StreetNEW YORK:
H.B. Hall & Sons – engraverAlso present are period photographs of classical sculpture/art subjects and a cemetery/monument image bearing an A. Crowe, Stirling photographer marking.THE ALBUM:Substantial dark brown Victorian album with embossed decoration, ornate metal spine fittings/clasp hardware and gilt-edged heavy album leaves. Decorative chromolithographic \"Photograph Album\" title page.The album appears to have been assembled over many years rather than all at one time. The combination of Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis, Indiana-related military material and named family photographs offers substantial opportunity for additional genealogical and Civil War research.CONDITION:Approximately 140–160 years old and sold AS FOUND / AS IS.Interior album pages are loose from the binding. Several pages have tears, losses and damage around photograph insertion openings. Photographs show varying degrees of age-related fading, toning, foxing/spotting, edge wear and surface wear. Album covers and hardware show age and use. No restoration is represented.Please examine all photographs carefully as they are an important part of the description.Album is being sold INTACT. Photographs have not been removed or separated for individual sale.A fascinating original Civil War/Victorian photograph album.
Sold as found. No returns, All Sales Final.
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