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  • Native South Sea islander

    Native South Sea islander

    Manuscripts

    A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat stands on deck of the Snark.

    mssJL JLP 251

  • Mexicano passengers

    Mexicano passengers

    Manuscripts

    A man on dock takes a photograph of group of men, women, and one child. The ship Mexicano and passengers on deck are in background.

    mssJL JLP 31

  • Indian Mound, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, sanitary garden for convalescents

    Indian Mound, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, sanitary garden for convalescents

    Visual Materials

    Image of a octagonal wooden building on top of a large mound. On either side of the building are arbors with benches. There are stairs leading up to the wooden building. There are people sitting in the arbors, a man, woman and child sitting at the entrance to the building, and two Union officers standing on the stairs. On the roof of the building a man stands and waves to the camera while holding onto the flagpole. At the foot of the stairs is a sign that reads: Visitors are requested to register their names at the Office.

    photCL 491

  • Steamship Knoxville New York & Savannah Steam Navigation Co

    Steamship Knoxville New York & Savannah Steam Navigation Co

    Visual Materials

    Image of the steamship Knoxville sailing with a few passengers visible on the deck; coastline and land visible in background.

    priJLC_MAR_001442

  • Byron combination

    Byron combination

    Visual Materials

    Image of a ship deck full of male and female passengers, including sailors, a child, a man in pajamas, and an African American man, with furniture and passengers strewn about due to rough ocean conditions; a single individual who has fallen overboard can be seen in the ocean at left, while a man stands on the railing poised to dive in after him; the poster presumably advertises the Oliver Byron Combination company.

    priJLC_ENT_000276

  • Steamer Hudson, Alexandria, Va

    Steamer Hudson, Alexandria, Va

    Visual Materials

    Docked steamer at Alexandria, Virginia, with HUDSON NEW YORK printed on the boat's stern. Two women stand above the words and one man is at middle position on deck. A harnessed horse stands with wagon on the pier left-hand side of photo. Title on mount: U. S. steamer Hudson at Alexandria Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 35.

    photCL 301 (43)