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Civil War Photo Album - Military - Political - 78 CDV's

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Sold Date: 08/24/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fine Art

It is an original civil war era photo album. The album has 75+ CDV photos, and a couple of small tintypes. We were told the albums owner(Jenny Dewey Davison) was related to Admiral Dewey. Written in pencil on the inside cover-"From George". Most of the photos have the person's name underneath. The photos are of noted Civil War military leaders on both sides, Foreign leaders, political leaders, Family members, and famous people of the day. The photos have never been removed from the album pages.

In order, starting from the front, the photo names are, 1-Geo. Davison 2-US Grant 3-Chopin 4-Winthrop 5-Josephine 6-Napoleon 7-Sherman 8-Seward 9-Mrs.Davis 10-Longfellow's Children 11-Beecher 12-Harriet Beecher Stowe 13-Taylor 14-Sprague 15-Banks 16-Farragut 17-Butler 18-Halleck 19-Greeley 20-Religious 21-Lincoln & Cabinet 22-Hale 23-Brownlow 24-Sickles 25-Napoleon & Clothel 26-Albert & Victoria 27-Princess of Prussia 28-Princess Alice 29-Alexandre 30-Prince of Wales(Edward) 31-Emperor 32-Eugenie 33-Trum__? 34-Robert E Lee 35-Spurgeon 36-Coleman 37-Douglas 38-Beauregard 39-Untitled 40-Willis 41-Abner Davison 42-Mary Davison 43-Jennie Burdick 44-Carol Burdick 45-W.R. Burdick 46-W.R. Burdick 47-Untitled(Lady) 48-Untitled(Soldier-upper half of body in uniform 49-untitled(Child) 50-untitled(Child) 51-untitled(Soldier in full uniform seated) 52-untitled(Lady) 53-1 photo of Lady on page-Mr. & Mrs Crook 54-untitled(Child) 55Untitled(Child) 56-Marie Derbyshire Farrar 57-Geo. Derbyshire 58-untitled-(Child) 59-untitled(Child) 60-Mary Price 61-Capt. Parker 62-Joel C. Burdick 63-Mary Baker Burdick 64-Martha Dewey Derbyshire 65-Christopher Derbyshire 66-untitled(Gentleman) 67-untitled(Lady) 68-Jenny Dewey Davison(Her Photo Album) 69-untitled(Lady) 70-untitled(Child on chair) 71-Charlie Burdick(Child) 72-Marie Derbyshire Farrar 73-Grandmother Dewey 74-Bessie Burdick 75-Bessie Burdick & Emily Brookfield(Children) 76-untitled_young Man) 77-untitled(Lady) 78 & 79-Mr. & Mrs. Sam Patterson 80-Alice Davison(small tin type)

The photos are 3 1/4" tall x 2" wide. T are 2 photos on each page. The leather album is 9" wide x 6" tall. The album design is raised and embossed. It has brass strap closures.The spine needs repair.

A rare opportunity to get many photos of famous people of the Civil War era still in the original photo album.

No. 53. - T are 2 openings for photos on the page. Under the openings, it says Mr. & Mrs. Crook. One opening is blank, and the other opening has a photo of a Lady. It is smaller than the others, and square, and may or may not be Mrs. Crook.