Historical Indulgences

ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a gentleman in an unidentified or mostly fictionalized Eastern Woodlands Native American outfit, smoking a long pipe]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1849, [daguerreotype portrait of Miranda Adkins Sneed in a fine dress and lace gloves]

Miranda Adkins Sneed, wife of Sebron Graham Sneed and mother of eleven children, arrived in Austin in 1848. Sneed and her husband were prominent in local politics and were strong supporters of secession in 1861. Their home served as a recruiting station for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and later was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers.

via Southern Methodist Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection

ca. 1875, [tintype portrait of two gentlemen sitting in front of a U.S. states and territories map]

via the International Center of Photography

ca. 1880’s, [carte de visite political cartoon regarding Jim Crow laws with some sort of advertising for Swarthout Ackerman & Co. Clothiers], I.U. Doust

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1870-90’s, [carte de visite portrait of a white couple dressed in fictional “Native American” costume, inscription on verso: “Camp of J.B. Maring & Miss Swineheart”]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1861-65, [carte de visite of “The Devil” holding portraits of leading Southern figures during the American Civil War such as Jefferson Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson]

via Luminious Lint, Private collection, LL/38774 

ca. 1850-60’s, [ambrotype portrait of a Freemason with a slight smile, wearing his Masonic regalia]

via Ebay

ca. 1870-80’s, [tintype portrait of a nun]

via Ebay

ca. 1870, [tintype portrait of Francis Jefferson Coates]

Coates enlisted on August 29, 1861, and served as a Corporal and Sergeant in the 7th Wisconsin Infantry, Company H. He was wounded at South Mountain (September 14, 1862) and lost both eyes at Gettysburg in 1863. He was awarded the rank of Brevet Captain and the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. He was mustered out on September 1, 1864 at the expiration of his term of service.

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Small Formats Special Storage Lot

ca. 1865, [cabinet card of one of the boots worn by John Wilkes Booth during the Assassination of President Lincoln]

via Luminous Lint, Private collection of Graham Pilecki, LL/35130 

ca. 1861, [gilded, hand colored tintype portrait of two boys “playing war”, dressed in uniforms and standing in front of a amateurish, painted backdrop]

via Heritage Auctions

ca.1863, [tintype portrait of an unidentified Native American man, possibly Iowa Chief Black Hawk] A. Zeno Shindler

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1875, [tintype portrait of five Native American men posed with a white man in Western attire]

via the International Center of Photography

ca. 1860-70’s, [hand tinted ambrotype portrait of a very serious young patriot with an American flag]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite portrait of Capt. Irving F. Wilcox, 1st Michigan and Veteran Reserve Corps, post injury], Matthew Brady

Flowing ink inscription on verso reads, “Yours Truly/I F Wilcox/14th Regt. VRC.” Wilcox enlisted in the 1st Michigan as Company A. First Sergeant in July 1861 and was present at Gaines Mill where he was wounded. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant Wilcox fought at 2nd Bull Run where he lost his left eye. The young officer convalesced and became Adjutant of the 1st Michigan before joining the Veteran Reserve Corps in September 1863 rising to the rank of Captain when this photograph was taken. Notice the scars from the August 1862 wound as well as the replacement glass eye.

via Cowan’s Auctions