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Cartes de visite, miniature portraits used as calling cards, were extremely popular during the American Civil War. These photographic calling cards, approximately 2 x 4 inches in size, had been invented in France in the early 1850s, and their popularity quickly spread throughout Europe and eventually to the United States, where the corollary development of the photograph album spurred a collecting craze in the 1860s that became known as Cartomania. In addition to assembling albums of family photographs, the public sought to collect images of celebrities and views of favorite places and sites. John Hay (1838-1905), a personal secretary to President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) who later had a successful diplomatic and political career of his own, is thought to have assembled the cards in this album. Many of the two hundred individuals represented in Hay's album, including numerous army and navy officers, politicians, and cultural figures, were undoubtedly visitors to the Lincoln White House. Others, such as Confederate president Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) and generals Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) and James Longstreet (1821-1904), were unlikely to have called at the Executive Mansion.
Most of the portraits
in Hay's album are
signed, greatly
increasing their
value. It was common
practice during the
war to acquire such
portraits through
gift or purchase,
mail them to the
individuals
represented, and hope
for their return--
signed. Thus on the
back of many of the
cartes are notes
requesting that the
sitter affix his
signature at the
bottom of the carte,
high enough to be
seen when in an
album. It was also
customary for many
photographers,
including both Mathew
B. Brady (1823-1896)
and Alexander Gardner
(1821-1882) whose
work is well
documented in this
album, to keep stocks
of autographed cartes
for sale to souvenir
album collectors. Hay
was acquainted with
both Brady and
Gardner and went to
the latter's studio
with Lincoln for the
president's sitting
and separately to
have his own
photograph taken. He
could quite possibly
have purchased cartes
from Gardner and
others to supplement
those he acquired
directly from the
sitters.
Hay thoughtfully
arranged his
collection of cartes
in a decorative,
leather-bound album
patented by Altemus &
Company of
Philadelphia on 21
July 1863. Like many
such albums, this one
has gold-stamped
decoration on the
cover and spine,
engraved circular
ivory bosses at each
corner of the cover,
and two brass foredge
clasps. The text
block consists of a
title page, a blank
index page, twenty-
five album pages, and
a back flyleaf. Each
album page holds
eight cartes--four on
the front and four on
the back--inserted in
recessed pockets.
Since the cartes were
placed back-to-back
in the album,
sometimes the ink
instructions to one
sitter bled from the
back of one carte
onto the verso of
another. The text
block edges are gilt,
as are the edges of
the openings for each
photograph. The
openings have been
numbered 1 through
200, possibly by the
same hand who wrote
on the first page "Do
not touch the
pictures with the
fingers." Of
particular interest
to book conservators
is the
album's "hinged-back"
spine, ingeniously
engineered to permit
flexible movement of
the heavy, stiff-
paged text block. The
pages of the album
are attached to the
spine by leather
hinges that are
slotted and have
metal pins inserted.
Each pin alternately
picks up hinges for
the page in front of
it and in back of it,
forming a continuous
attachment of leaves.
As the pages are
turned, they rotate
on the pin.
This digital
reproduction of the
album allows viewers
the opportunity to
page through the
cartes as if they
were perusing the
volume in Hay's home.
These "album page
views" enable readers
to consider Hay's
selection and
arrangement of the
photographs. For
example, Hay began
the album with
Lincoln followed by
his vice presidents
and members of his
Cabinet. Elsewhere in
the album there are
groupings of
politicians and
military officers,
with images of
cultural and literary
figures toward the
end of the book. By
selecting the "View
these cartes" option
from any of the album
pages, readers may
see the images as
they would appear
outside the album.
Both the front and
verso of each carte
is fully displayed,
revealing studio
logos, addresses, and
other imprint
information on the
approximately twenty
photographers and/or
photographic firms
represented in the
album. One especially
elaborate imprint is
for Alexander
Gardner's studios,
which features an
image of the United
States Capitol and
its grounds, complete
with strolling
figures on the
esplanade.
Here
is a list of all the
people in this
album.
- Agassiz,
Louis, 1807-1873
- Ames, Oakes,
1804-1873
- Anderson,
Robert, 1805-1871
- Arnold, Isaac
Newton, 1815-1884
- Astor, John
Jacob, 1822-1890
- Augur,
Christopher Columbus,
1821-1898
- Averell,
William Woods, 1832-
1900
- Banks,
Nathaniel Prentiss,
1818-1894
- Barlow,
Francis C. (Francis
Channing),
1834-1896
- Barnes, Joseph
K., 1817-1883
- Barry, William
F. (William
Farquhar), 1818-1879
- Bates, Edward,
1793-1869
- Beauregard, G.
T. (Gustave Toutant),
1818-1893
- Beecher, Henry
Ward, 1813-1887
- Bidwell, John,
1819-1900
- Bingham, John
Armor, 1815-1900
- Blaine, James
Gillespie, 1830-1893
- Blair, Frank
P. (Frank Preston),
1821-1875
- Blair,
Montgomery, 1813-1883
- Blow, Henry T.
(Henry Taylor), 1817-
1875
- Booth, Edwin,
1833-1893
- Botts, John
Minor, 1802-1869
- Boutwell,
George S. (George
Sewall), 1818-1905
- Brooks, James,
1810-1873
- Broomall, John
M. (John Martin),
1816-1894
- Brown, B.
Gratz (Benjamin
Gratz), 1826-1885
- Browning,
Orville Hickman, 1806-
1881
- Buckalew,
Charles Rollin, 1821-
1899
- Buell, Don
Carlos, 1818-1898
- Bull, Ole,
1810-1880
- Burnside,
Ambrose Everett, 1824-
1881
- Butler,
Benjamin F. (Benjamin
Franklin),
1818-1893
- Butterfield,
Daniel, 1831-1901
- Cameron,
Simon, 1799-1889
- Carroll,
Samuel Sprigg, 1832-
1893
- Casey, Silas,
1807-1882
- Chandler,
Zachariah, 1813-1879
- Chase, Salmon
P. (Salmon Portland),
1808-1873
- Clark, Daniel,
1809-1891
- Clarke,
Freeman, 1809-1887
- Clay, Brutus
Junius, 1808-1878
- Cochrane,
John, 1813-1898
- Colfax,
Schuyler, 1823-1885
- Collamer,
Jacob, 1791-1865
- Conkling,
Roscoe, 1829-1888
- Conness, John,
1821-1909
- Couch, Darius
Nash, 1822-1897
- Cox, Samuel
Sullivan, 1824-1889
- Crawford,
Samuel Wylie, 1829-
1892
- Creswell, John
A. J. (John Angel
James),
1828-1891
- Curtin, Andrew
Gregg, 1815-1894
- Custer, George
Armstrong, 1839-1876
- Dahlgren, John
Adolphus Bernard,
1809-1870
- Davis,
Garrett, 1801-1872
- Davis, Henry
Winter, 1817-1865
- Davis,
Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Dawes, Henry
L. (Henry Laurens),
1816-1903
- Deming, Henry
Champion, 1815-1872
- Dennison,
William, 1815-1882
- Dix, John A.
(John Adams), 1798-
1879
- Doolittle,
James R. (James
Rood), 1815-1897
- Eliot, Thomas
D. (Thomas Dawes),
1808-1870
- Farnsworth, J.
F. (John Franklin),
1820-1897
- Farragut,
David Glasgow, 1801-
1870
- Fenton, Reuben
E. (Reuben Eaton),
1819-1885
- Fessenden,
William Pitt, 1806-
1869
- Foot, Solomon,
1802-1866
- Forney, John
W. (John Wien), 1817-
1881
- Foster,
Lafayette S.
(Lafayette Sabine),
1806-1880
- Franklin, W.
B. (William Buel),
1823-1903
- Fremont, John
Charles, 1830-1890
- Fry, James B.
(James Barnet), 1827-
1894
- Garfield,
James A. (James
Abram), 1831-1881
- Geary, John
White, 1819-1873
- Gibbon, John,
1827-1896
- Gillmore,
Quincy Adams, 1825-
1888
- Gooch, Daniel
W. (Daniel
Wheelwright),
1820-1891
- Gordon, John
Brown, 1832-1904
- Granger,
Gordon, 1822-1876
- Grant, Ulysses
S. (Ulysses Simpson),
1822-1885
- Griffin,
Charles, 1825-1867
- Grimes, James
W. (James Wilson),
1816-1872
- Grinnell,
Josiah Bushnell, 1821-
1891
- Griswold, John
A. (John Augustus),
1818-1872
- Hale, John P.
(John Parker), 1806-
1873
- Halleck, H. W.
(Henry Wager), 1815-
1872
- Hamlin,
Hannibal, 1809-1891
- Hancock,
Winfield Scott, 1824-
1886
- Harlan, James,
1820-1899
- Heintzelman,
Samuel Peter, 1805-
1880
- Henderson,
John B. (John
Brooks), 1826-1913
- Hendricks,
Thomas A. (Thomas
Andrews),
1819-1885
- Henry, Joseph,
1797-1878
- Hitchcock,
Ethan Allen, 1798-
1870
- Holmes, Oliver
Wendell, 1841-1935
- Holt, Joseph,
1807-1894
- Hooker,
Joseph, 1814-1879
- Hooper,
Samuel, 1808-1875
- Howard, O. O.
(Oliver Otis), 1830-
1909
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Howard,
William Alanson, 1813-
1880
Howe, Timothy
O. (Timothy Otis),
1816-1883
Humphreys, A.
A. (Andrew Atkinson),
1810-1883
Hunter, David,
1802-1886
Ingalls,
Rufus, 1818-1893
Johnson,
Andrew, 1808-1875
Johnson,
Reverdy, 1796-1876
Johnston,
Joseph E. (Joseph
Eggleston), 1807-1891
Julian, George
Washington, 1817-1899
Kasson, John
A. (John Adam), 1822-
1910
Kautz, August
V. (Augustus
Valentine), 1826-1896
Kelley,
William D. (William
Darrah), 1814-1890
Keyes, Erasmus
D. (Erasmus Darwin),
1810-1895
Kilpatrick,
Judson, 1836-1881
Lane, Henry
Smith, 1811-1881
Lane, James
Henry, 1814-1866
LeBlond,
Francis Celeste, 1821-
1902
Lee, Robert E.
(Robert Edward), 1807-
1870
Lincoln,
Abraham, 1809-1865
Longfellow,
Henry Wadsworth, 1807-
1882
Longstreet,
James, 1821-1904
Maynard,
Horace, 1814-1882
McClellan,
Ellen Marcy, 1838-
1907
McClellan,
George Brinton, 1826-
1885
McCulloch,
Hugh, 1808-1895
McDougall, J.
A. (James Alexander),
1817-1867
Meade, George
Gordon, 1815-1872
Meigs,
Montgomery C.
(Montgomery
Cunningham),
1816-1892
Merritt,
Wesley, 1834-1910
Miles, Nelson
Appleton, 1839-1925
Moorhead, J.
K. (James Kennedy),
1806-1884
Morgan, Edwin
D. (Edwin Denison),
1811-1883
Morrill,
Justin S. (Justin
Smith), 1810-1898
Morrill, Lot
M. (Lot Myrick), 1812-
1883
Morton, Oliver
P. (Oliver Perry),
1823-1877
Murdoch, James
Edward, 1811-1893
Myers,
Leonard, 1827-1905
Nye, James W.
(James Warren), 1814-
1876
Odell, Moses
Fowler, 1818-1866
Oglesby,
Richard J. (Richard
James), 1824-1899
Ord, Edward
Otho Cresap, 1818-
1883
Parke, John
Grubb, 1827-1900
Patterson,
James W. (James
Willis), 1823-1893
Pendleton,
George H. (George
Hunt), 1825-1889
Pleasonton,
Alfred, 1824-1897
Pomeroy,
Samuel Clarke, 1816-
1891
Pomeroy,
Theodore Medad, 1824-
1905
Pope, John,
1822-1892
Porter, David
D. (David Dixon),
1813-1891
Porter, Fitz-
John, 1822-1901
Pruyn, John
VanSchaick Lansing,
1811-1877
Ramsey,
Alexander, 1815-1903
Randall,
Alexander Williams,
1819-1872
Rosecrans,
William S. (William
Starke), 1819-1898
Rousseau,
Lovell Harrison, 1818-
1869
Saulsbury,
Willard, 1820-1892
Schenck,
Robert Cumming, 1809-
1890
Schofield,
John McAllister, 1831-
1906
Schurz, Carl,
1829-1906
Scofield,
Glenni W. (Glenni
William), 1817-1891
Scott,
Winfield, 1786-1866
Seward,
William Henry, 1801-
1872
Shellabarger,
Samuel, 1817-1896
Sheridan,
Philip Henry, 1831-
1888
Sherman, John,
1823-1900
Sherman,
William T. (William
Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Sickles,
Daniel Edgar, 1825-
1924
Sigel, Franz,
1824-1902
Slocum, Henry
Warner, 1826-1894
Smith, Green
Clay, 1826-1895
Smith, Joseph,
1790-1877
Spalding,
Rufus P. (Rufus
Paine), 1798-1886
Speed, James,
1812-1887
Spinner,
Francis Elias, 1802-
1890
Sprague,
William, 1831-1915
Stanton, Edwin
McMasters, 1814-1869
Stebbins,
Henry G. (Henry
George), 1811-1881
Stephens,
Alexander Hamilton,
1812-1883
Stevens,
Thaddeus, 1792-1868
Stoneman,
George, 1822-1894
Sumner,
Charles, 1811-1874
Terry, Alfred
Howe, 1827-1890
Thomas, George
Henry, 1816-1870
Trumbull,
Lyman, 1813-1896
Usher, John
Palmer, 1816-1889
Van
Valkenburgh, R. B.
(Robert Bruce), 1821-
1888
Voorhees,
Daniel W. (Daniel
Wolsey), 1827-1897
Wade, B. F.
(Benjamin Franklin),
1800-1878
Wadsworth,
James S. (James
Samuel), 1807-1864
Wallace, Lew,
1827-1905
Warren,
Gouverneur Kemble,
1830-1882
Washburne, E.
B. (Elihu Benjamin),
1816-1887
Webb,
Alexander Stewart,
1835-1911
Welles,
Gideon, 1802-1878
Wentworth,
John, 1815-1888
Wilson, Henry,
1812-1875
Wilson, James
F. (James Falconer),
1828-1895
Windom,
William, 1827-1891
Wood,
Fernando, 1812-1881
Worden, John
Lorimer, 1818-1897
Wright,
Horatio Gouverneur,
1820-1899
Yates,
Richard, 1815-1873
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TYPE: CD
Category: American History
Era: American Civil War
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Product Details:
NAME: Civil War Photo Album - 200 Famous Civil War Figures on CD
TYPE: Reproduction
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