Informal carte-de-visite photographs probably created by James L. Cotter documenting Inuit people and dwellings probably in the vicinity of the eastern coast of Hudson Bay or Belcher Islands, Canada, ca. 1867-1870. Images documenting the traditional costume of the Inuits include an informal portrait of a girl, in addition to group portraits of three women and two men and another group portrait of over sixty children, women, and men. Images documenting Inuit dwellings include a group of men and women in front of three igloos and sitting on top of a sled, two igloos without people, and a structure similar to a tipi with a wooden door
Description:
James L. Cotter worked in various capacities from clerk to chief factor for the Hudson's Bay Company, 1857-1888., Title devised by cataloger., Manuscript inscriptions and signatures on the rectos and verso of the photographic prints., and The mount on one photographic print bears a mark for R. Smith, Port Hope and Peterborough, Ontario.
Subject (Geographic):
Hudson Bay, Canada, and Hudson Bay.
Subject (Name):
Cotter, James L., 1839-1889. and Smith, R., photographer.
Subject (Topic):
Inuit, Clothing, Indian architecture, and Indians of North America
Carte-de-visite photographs of soldiers in the 65th and 67th United States Colored Infantry Regiments during the American Civil War created in the studios of photographers in southern Louisiana, 1864-1867. The studio portraits primarily depict white officers in the regiments, but include a single double portrait of two African American enlisted men, First Sergeant Thomas Stafford and Private Gentry Emmerson, who served as a principal musician playing a fife, Officers from the regiments include Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Losey, Captain and Regimental Quartermaster Pomeroy W. Laughlin, Captain Jordan J. D. Scales, Adjutant Albert F. Hunt, First Lieutenant Anson B. Mills, Second Lieutenant Lewis Merriam, and Second Lieutenant Hiram M. Roberts, and The photographers in southern Louisiana include Andrew D. Lytle, Baton Rouge; Frey & Olsen, Photographers, Morganza; Theodore Lilienthal's Photographic Gallery and J. W. Perry, both in New Orleans
Description:
The 65th Colored Infantry Regiment organized March 11, 1864. It performed garrison duty at Morganza, La., until May 1865 when it moved to Port Hudson, La., and performed garrison duty there and at Baton Rouge and in Northern District of Louisiana until January 1867. Mustered out January 8, 1867., The 67th Colored Infantry Regiment organized March 11, 1864. It moved from Benton Barracks, Mo., to Port Hudson, La., then to Morganza, La., and stayed there until June 1865. Consolidated with 65th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, July 12, 1865., Title devised by cataloger., and Manuscript inscriptions and signatures on the recto and verso of the photographic prints.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Emmerson, Gentry., Hunt, Albert F., Laughlin, Pomeroy W., Lilienthal, Theodore, b. 1829., Losey, Henry E., Lytle, Andrew David, 1834-1917., Merriam, Lewis., Mills, Anson B., 1842-1915., Petty, J. W., b. 1834., Roberts, Hiram M., Scales, Jordan J. D., Stafford, Thomas., Frey & Olsen, Photographers., Theodore Lilienthal's Photographic Gallery., United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 65th (1864-1867)., and United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 67th (1864-1865).
Subject (Topic):
African American soldiers, Soldiers, History, African Americans, and Participation, African American
Box 2 | HERBERT, Henry William: Objects, photographs, drawings, etc.
Image Count:
2
Subject (Name):
Babb, James T. (James Tinkham), 1899-1968, Forester, Frank, 1807-1858, Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858, Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860, and Mundy, Percy Charles Dryden, b. 1879
Collection of cartes-de-visite and tintypes relating to John Nevin King, mostly studio portraits of other members of the Northwest Boundary Survey, King's family, and Civil War era portraits. Photographers from the Midwest, the Northeast, Ireland and Australia are represented. There is also a single outdoor image of two unidentified men
Description:
John Nevin King served in the Mexican War and in 1850 went overland to California, where he served in the Quartermaster's Department and did some prospecting for gold before joining the Northwest Boundary Survey in 1857. During the Civil War he served with General John G. Parke, afterwards returning to the Northwest where he became Chief Commissary officer of the Department of Oregon. and Manuscript captions on mounts. Civil War tax stamps (1864-1866) on some mounts.
Subject (Name):
King, John Nevin, 1827-1915. and North American Boundary Commission.
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
