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9.75 x 12 in. album with leather covers and brass locking clasp and mountings containing hand-painted flowers, with space for 200 cartes (4 per page), of which 78 contain CDVs. Of the 78 CDVs, most are Civil War generals, politicians, and other famous people, and the majority of the cartes are albumen prints from illustrations or engravings. Some specific cartes include: Detail image 1: Henry Clay copy carte by Brady/Anthony; Jefferson Davis vignette; Henry Clay from a painting; John Brown from a painting, published by M. Simens, Philadelphia; Confederate Sec. of State and Senator R.M.T Hunter, carte by Anthony/Brady; Pres. Andrew Johnson, by Brady/Anthony; "Pioneers of Freedom" composite carte of prominent abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson Wendell Phillips, Horace Greeley, Gerrit Smith, and Henry Ward Beecher; composite CDV of the Confederate cabinet, incl. Davis, Breckenridge, Stephens, Mallory, Benjamin, and Reagan; composite carte "Presidents of the United States, showing portraits of the first 17 presidents, Washington to Andrew Johnson; and a carte of a young Southern women by lee Gallery, Richmond, VA. Detail image 2: Brady CDV of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock; Brady CDV of NY Gov. Horatio Seymour; illustrated CDV of Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair, the losing ticket from the 1868 election; vignette of john Wilkes Booth in snazzy dress; composite CDV of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators; John Wilkes Booth, from an illustration of Satan whispering into his ear, published by Payne and Monmonier, San Francisco; CDV of the print "On Guard/ Father and Son" by J.H. Bufford, photographed and published by John Soule; Sen. Thaddeus Stevens; William A. Wheeler, VP to Pres. Hayes; and James A. Garfield. Detail image 3: E. Anthony vignette of CSA Gen. Stonewall Jackson, from an illustration; carte of a naval officer, by Jacob Shew, San Francisco; cart of a child in a uniform, by Johnston Bros., New York; carte of a child in a Zouave-style uniform, with hand over his heart, by Dudley Waller, New York, 1864; carte Col. Ellsworth, by Gurney & Son, New York, with a description on verso of the "Mysterious Likeness of Col. Ellsworth and Letters"; "President Lincoln's first Home in Illinois" from an illustration, by J.L. Campbell, 1865; Anthony/Brady carte of Charles Francis Adams; Anthony/Brady carte of Mrs. Nathaniel P. Banks;n C.D. Fredricks carte of Gen. Phil Sheridan, from an illustration; carte of the Bunker Hill monument in Boston. Not pictured: composite CDV "The Presidents of the United States" from Washington to Andrew Johnson (different from the one pictured); CDV of a bust of W.H. Seward, by an Auburn, NY, photographer; Copy cartes or cartes from paintings/illustrations of: George Washington and family; Martha Washington; Abraham Lincoln and Family; President Andrew Johnson (2); Gen. James Simons; Edward Everett; U.S. Grant; Schuyler Colfax; Horace Greeley (2); Winfield Scott Hancock (2); General William T. Sherman (2); Gen. Wool; Gen. Benjamin Butler; Michael Corcoran; James Wadsworth; Gen. Meade; and a carte of Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton) and family. CDV-size engravings or lithographed CDVs of: Benjamin Franklin; Alexander Hamilton; Abraham Lincoln; Edward Everett; Gen. Q.A. Gilmore (2); Gen. Meade; Gen. Keyes; Gen. Dix; Gen. Stonewall Jackson; Gen. Sheridan; Gen. Lyon; Nathaniel P. Banks; Ge. Logan; and three in a series of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren's "Fairy Wedding." Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: Condition varies. Refer to photographs.