Image of Camp Putnam encampment for the New York State National Guard 27th Artillery Regiment in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1832; the regiment stands at attention in front of civilian onlookers; horse-drawn vehicles containing spectators on a dirt road in foreground; tents and a large American flag in the encampment; hilly landscape in background; eagle-topped crest with "NG" at center and motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria" below in bottom center margin.
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
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Image of the 7th Regiment of New York National Guard preparing for review and inspection in 1855 at Camp Worth in Kingston, New York; ranks of soldiers assembled in front of a military camp full of tents with soldiers mounted on horseback passing by; cannons at left; group of civilian onlookers in foreground; American bald eagle with Union shields, military flags, and a banner that reads," Pro Patria et Gloria" in bottom center margin.
Image of the military camp of the 5th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment in Harpers Ferry, (now) West Virginia; rows of buildings and groups of soldiers at center; camp activity, artillery, horse-drawn wagons and women hanging laundry on a line at the edges of camp; American bald eagle at top center with banner and Union shield.
Image of an advertisement for the New York City to New Haven, Connecticut, steamboat line and coach line, with stops in Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island; images of a steamboat and a horse-drawn stagecoach at center.
Image of an aerial view of Union military Camp Brandywine in Delaware during the American Civil War; tents, soldiers, and American flags with hilly countryside in background; names of Pennsylvania Reserve 3rd Regiment military personnel in bottom margin.
Image of the 1st Division New York State Artillery Regiment assembled on horseback near the harbor in New York City; ships visible past buildings in background; American bald eagle with Union shield, olive branch, and bunch of arrows over a cluster of flags, sword, and bugle at bottom center.
Image of an eye-level street view of the columned, domed Merchant's Exchange building in New York City, designed by architect Isaiah Rogers, showing a bustling street scene with horse-drawn vehicles in the street and people walking around the building; the building's facade is topped by a relief frieze and statue with the engraving "Erected MDCCCXXXVIII."
