The Singleton Collection is organized into four discrete yet interrelated units. The first consists of 79 photographs by Mathew Brady (1823-1896) and Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) of scenes of the Civil War taken between 1861 and 1865. Included are...
Photo showing outlet of 4" drain from the two weepers in rock chimney built up under weeper at Easterly end of 11th. step. Also shows drain connected directly to weep hole on 11th step.
Image of a Union and Confederate cavalry officer clashing on horseback. Wood engraving with letterpress type. "King & Baird, Printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia."--text, bottom left margin.
Image of a stone monument on a rise. The monument is surmounted with the shield of the State of New York. There is a bas-relief in the center of men preparing a cannon. Written on a ribbon at the top of the bas-relief: Battery I First Regiment N.Y....
Image of the monument to the 41st New York Infantry, also known as the De Kalb Regiment. At base of the monument is: 41st N. Y. Infantry / 1st Brig. 1st Div. 11th Corps. / ( De Kalb Regiment) / July 2, 3, 4, 1863. The photograph has been affixed to...
Image is of a multitude of men crowding the wharf and clambering over the rigging and deck of the Byron to see Stuart hanged from an improvised gibbet near the end of the wharf. There are a few spectators in small boats and some on the buildings in...
The material includes one manuscript, one document, and 16 pieces of ephemera; the majority of the collection consists of family letters, notes, cards and invitations between members of the Kirk, Inskeep, and Ridgway families. The most noteworthy...
A collection of historical cases that the Los Angeles Superior Court placed on long-term deposit at the Huntington Library in 1996. Additional material was subsequently transferred to the Huntington in 2002 and interfiled with the main collection....
From a Sketch taken by an Officer on the spot. London, Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Decr. 3d, 1776; by Wm. Faden (Successor to the late Mr. Jefferys Geographer to the King) Charing Cross. Engraved by Wm. Faden Charing Cross.