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Title
Edgar Spalsbury's Portrait Album
Creator
Spalsbury, Edgar, 1834-1897
Date Created and/or Issued
1875
Contributing Institution
Society of California Pioneers
Collection
California Revealed from Society of California Pioneers Collection
Rights Information
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Description
The black leather album holds one brass clasp with glint designs on the cover. The album holds many pictires of politcal figures and artists of the late 19th century.
1- blank page. 2- blank page. 3- blank page. 4- blank page. 5- "The Photographic Album". 6- blank page. 7- blank page. 8- blank page. 9- portrait of Thomas Carlyle, portrait of a man with the name Everett, portrait of a man with the name Bolivar, portrait of Washington Irving. 10- portrait of J.B. Gough, portrait of John Godfrey Saxe, portrait of Charles H. Gough, portrait of Rev. Doctor Edwin H. Chapin. 11- two portraits of Horace Greeley, two portraits of W.H. Seward. 12- portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, portrait of William T. Sherman, portrait of Benjamin Butler, portrait John A. Logan. 13- portrait of Philip Sheridan, portrait of Ambrose Burnside, portrait of George Meade, portrait of Oliver Howard. 14- two portraits of Abraham Lincoln, portrait of John Wilkes Booth, portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. 15- portrait of Andrew Johnson, portrait of William Brownlow, portrait of Stephen A. Douglas, portrait of George B. McClellan. 16- portrait of Andrew Jackson, male portrait with the name Andrews, portrait of William Loyd Garrison, portrait of Giuseppe Garilbaldi. 17- female portrait with the name Wood, portrait of Robert E. Lee, portrait of Joseph Johnston, portrait of Braxton Bragg. 18- portrait of A.P. Hill, portrait of John H. Morgan, portrait of James Longstreet, J. E. B. Stuart. 19- portrait of a couple with the name Boohi [?] , female portrait with the name Hardee, picture of Butler at New Orleans, portrait of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. 20- male portrait with the name Charlolte, one male portrait, portrait of Edwin Booth, portrait of Dan Bandman. 21- two portraits of Maggie Mitchel, two female portraits. 22- portrait of Charles T. Parsloe [M. Heron is written below the photo], portrait of Fanny Davenport, portrait of Jane Combs[?], portrait of A. Logan. 23- portrait of Grazella [?], portrait of Mrs. Barrett, portrait of Lily Goodwin, portrait of Mill La Frangx[?]. 24- portrait of Emma Well, portrait of Ada Well, portrait of Kali D., portrait of Mrs. Clark. 25- two male portraits, one female portrait, portrait of Helen Waters[?], 26- portrait of Corgi, two female portraits, portrait of Felicita Vestvali. 27- portrait of Morensi, female portrait, portrait of Mariatta Piccolomini, portrait of Clara Louise Kellogg. 28- portrait of Adelina Patti, portrait of Patti, portrait of Carlotta Patti, one female portrait [name is faded]. 29- portrait of Soini[?], female portrait, portrait of Felecita Vestvali, portrait of Stocklin. 30- four portraits of Caroline Ridings. 31- portrait of Mazdenni [female], portrait of Mazdenni [male], portrait of Matzomileoni [?], one male portrait. 32- portrait of Susini, portrait of Susini [different male], portrait of Latti, portrait of Halfag. 33- portrait of Mrs. Chanfrau, portrait of Sophia Gunber, portrait of Michael Phelan, female portrait. 34- portrait of George Meade, portrait of Jamie Stockton, portrait of Ana Rose, portrait of Mrs. Thorne. 35- portrait of Heltie Lee, portrait of Helen Vesteri, portrait of Jons, portrait of Young. 36- portrait of Grazella [?], portrait of Mrs. Jourdan, portrait of Fannie Brown[?], female portrait. 37- portrait of Belle Henderson, female portrait, portrait of Mrs. Whelpley, portrait of Jourdan. 38- portrait of Hughr, portrait of Henriques, portrait of Le Grange, portrait of Young. 39- missing portrait of Malitda Heron, two male portraits, portrait of Paul de la Roly. 40- three female portraits. 41- two male portraits, two portraits of a group of women. 42- three female portraits, one male portraits. 43- three male portraits, one female portrait. 44- one female portrait, three male portraits. 45- portrait of Zoe, portrait of Ava Smith, two female portraits. 46- two female portraits, portrait of Lee Venderson, portrait of Helen See. 47- portrait of Denes, portrait of La Point, two female portraits. 48- four portraits of female statues. 49- four portraits of female statues. 50- two female portraits, two portraits female statues. 51- two portraits of male statues, one female portrait. 52- one male portrait, one female portrait, two portraits of female statues. 53- one portrait of a couple. 54- one portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. 55- four female portraits. 56- blank page. 57- one male portrait. 58- blank page. 59- blank page. 60- blank page. 61- blank page. 62- blank page.
Type
text
Format
Original
Photograph Album
Extent
8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.
74 Pages of 74
Identifier
csfcp_000028
C012172
ark:/13960/t6j206c8c
Language
English
Subject
Portrait photography
Spalsbury, Edgar, 1834-1897
Time Period
1875~
Provenance
Society of California Pioneers
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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