Joseph Goldsborough Bruff is best known as a topographer, journalist, and artist of the gold rush era. Bruff was born in Washington, D.C., on October 2, 1804. He attended West Point from 1820 until his resignation in 1822. From 1827-1836 he worked...
Stereograph showing General Grant's railroad battery and crew near Petersburg, Virginia. The cannon is mounted in a specially made armored car that moves along the track close to or away from the enemy as required.
Stereograph showing a group of people sitting on the front porch of the Marshall House at the corner of King and Pitt streets, the scene of the assassination of Col. E. E. Ellsworth on May 24, 1861. A sign with the words Oyster Bay stands on the...
Stereograph showing dead Confederate soldiers in front of the damaged battery at Fort Robinette, Corinth, Mississippi the morning after the attack. Several men stand in background behind carnage.
Image of 20 Grand Brand text over wood grain; California Red Ball logo in lower left corner. "California Red Ball"--text, logo lower left. "Stark & / Waddell / Packing / Corporation / Strathmore, Tulare Co. / California, U.S.A."--text, lower right...
"[1970]"--ms. inscription in blue ink, verso. Cruise advertisement; including sail dates, list of rooms and fares, ports of call, and air-sea travel information. Focus of item: Monterey.
Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing outside a building designated Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves. The photo also includes a horse and empty wagon standing under a bare tree.
A full-length studio portrait of an unidentified African American Union soldier from the 22nd Colored Infantry Regiment, turned slightly to the right. The soldier has a holster at his left hip, is holding a pistol in his right hand by his thigh,...
Photograph shows the bloated bodies of Union soldiers killed during battle on July 1st, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Four other soldiers stand in background.
Burial of Union soldiers at Fredericksburg, Va. Photograph shows covered bodies laying besides wooden coffins and a group of soldiers standing or sitting nearby.
Stereograph showing dead soldiers among trees in an area called the Slaughter Pen to the right of the Union line at the foot of Round Top in Gettysburg, July of 1863.
Stereograph showing a pontoon bridge across the James River near Jones' Landing, Virginia. A group of men have moved the pontoon boats holding up the bridge out of the way to create an opening which will allow steamers to pass through.