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African American Civil War soldier, Christian Fleetwood, carried this flag in battle. He eventually received the Medal of Honor

Daguerreotype of Nora Perry,
the writer, and Sarah Elizabeth Almy

Half plate daguerreotype of llamas

Daguerreotype of tinted cobbler and his wares

Daguerreotype of eight men at Sikes Store in Eden, New York

1878 cabinet card of Boston Bass Ball Players, including Harry Wright and George Wright

Half plate daguerreotype featuring "Carpentering & Long-Tom Making" sign

Ambrotype of an English woman, a cat, and a dog

Cased tintype of a soldier playing guitar and his lady-friend

Ambrotype of brothers who traveled from England to California for the Gold Rush

Daguerreotype of Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician, and Governor-President

CDV of Sojourner Truth

Albumen photograph of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler. This portrait is featured in the book, Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose

CDVs of the earliest known photos of Ku Klux Klan members, with period ink on back describing their capture by law enforcement

Daguerreotype pair of industrial scenes in a rural setting

CDV album of the Amherst College Class of 1864

Postmortem daguerreotype of an infant

Daguerreotype with an illuminated blue sky

Cased tintype of a Civil War Sergeant with a pistol and sword

Cabinet card of a dentist advertising his services

Collection of tintypes of George B. Cooley during his purported 31 day fast to cure rheumatism

Stereoviews of an 1870 photography exhibition

Antique photo of the King of Siam

CDV of a sign painter at work for President Lincoln's campaign

Daguerreotype of three gold miners

Cabinet card of Harriet Tubman

Daguerreotype of a blacksmith

Ambrotype of cricket players with a bat, ball, and wickets

Daguerreotype of suffragette, activist, abolitionist Matilda Gage and her daughter, Helen

Suffragette, activist, aboltionist, author, freethinker. and mother-in-law of L. Frank Baum's, "the Wizard of Oz"

Daguerreotype of six gold miners

Half plate daguerreotype of gold miners, as well as someone with a fist raised in triumph

Daguerreotype of an identified Canadian volunteer fireman

Kent Bicknell Collection of John Plumbe Jr., sold to the Library of Congress

Daguerreotype of Major Emin Bey of the Ottoman Empire Navy

Stereoview of President Lincoln's 2nd inauguration




CDV collection of women in the Civil War

CDVs of indigenous people of the South Pacific

1916 photo album featuring Babe Ruth and the Red Sox in New Hampshire, plus a guest book with signatures

Mugshots of prisoners in Sacramento, California

CDV of Tonkawa men of Texas

Daguerreotype of a frog




Daguerreotype of women with a teacup, iron, and duster

Occupational ambrotype of a man with a sledgehammer

Hand colored tintype of an African American girl

MATTHEW R. ISENBURG COLLECTION