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Photographs of Jefferson Davis, Winfield Scott and others

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Description: Photographic portraits of the following individuals: Studio portrait of Jefferson Davis, seated (1880s); General Winfield Scott (1860?); engraving made from a photograph of Abraham Lincoln by Mathew Brady (1864); James Thomas Fields carte-de-visite; John Ericcson; E. J. Davison(?); stereograph of S. C. Willey (and family?) in front of residence, Campton Village, New Hampshire; "The Lecture Platform" - a composite of 45 portraits, identified on verso, published by the American Literary Bureau, agency for lecturers, readers and singers; and two people in front of the R. A. Brock home(?), Richmond, Virginia.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1860s-1890s.
Call number: photPF 2150-2159
Provenance: Acquired from various sources.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Photographs of Civil War generals and officers

Visual Materials

Carte-de-visite photographs of Civil War generals and officers, almost all taken during the war. Includes: Benjamin Franklin Butler; David Farragut; Henry Halleck; five different portraits of Robert E. Lee; L. K. Westcott; Gouverneur Kemble Warren; R. H. Johnson; four different portraits of William Rosecrans; Alexander McCook; Edwin Stanton; Winfield Scott; and two different portraits of Ulysses S. Grant. Several photographs by Mathew Brady.

photPF 2880-2899

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Photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Civil War military officers, and related individuals

Visual Materials

All carte-de-visite studio portraits, except larger print of Farragut. Three portraits of Abraham Lincoln (albumen copies of portraits by Mathew Brady). Two photographs of Mary Todd Lincoln, in white, 1862, and wearing all black. Portraits of Civil War U. S. Army officers WIlliam Starke Rosecrans, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Charles Zagonyi, Ellersly Wallace, Winfield Scott, David G. Farragut. Other portraits: William Gannaway Brownlow, John Jordan Crittenden, Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, Thomas Alexander Scott, Stephen Arnold Douglas and his wife Martha Martin Douglas, Hannibal Hamlin, William Henry Seward; Joseph Holt, John Ericsson, Salmon Portland Chase.

photPF 2620-2639

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Winfield Davis papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of 44 scrapbooks of clippings, articles, indexes of published articles, and a few manuscripts of Winfield J. Davis from 1849 to 1909. It includes a manuscript account of the counties of California and statistics regarding members of the state legislature, the governors and executive officers.

mssHM 53656-53674

Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott

Visual Materials

Image of a three-quarter length portrait of American Civil War Union Lieutenant General Winfield Scott sitting in a chair in military uniform holding a map and his hat.

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Major General Winfield Scott

Visual Materials

Image of a full-length portrait of United States Major General Winfield Scott standing in military uniform on the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, with hat in hand and other arm outstretched; port and city of Veracruz in background.

priJLC_MIL_001249

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Photograph of the Pozo #42 oil well and crew in Escolin, Veracruz, Mexico

Visual Materials

Photograph featuring seven unidentified crew members posed in front of the Pozo #42 oil well in Escolin, Veracruz, Mexico. The image shows a tall oil derrick, platform and various equipment. Includes a caption in Spanish imbedded in the print.

photPF 26018

Photographs of Jefferson Davis, Winfield Scott and others

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