1860s photo album belonging to the prominent Robert White Middleton family of Washington, D.C., New York, and Frederick, Maryland. Several of the Middleton sisters are identified: Francis, Mary, Isadore, and Jessie... a son, Henry, was a sailor who died during the Civil War - his photo is listed separately.
10 double-sided pages, 20 CDVs, 2 tintypes, and miscellaneous items in the back, including circa 1890s/1900 business cards, snapshot photos, and an original drawing of a woman (possibly Robert's wife, Ann). The 20 CDVs have been placed back into the album after being photographed, the two tintypes and rest of the items have been placed behind the back page of the album.
FIVE of the 20 CDVs were photographed by Brady's (Mathew Brady) studio in New York, one was taken by Alexander Gardner, Washington, D.C. There are two Civil War tax stamps.
Album is missing its clasps and the spine is pulling away, but has all of its pages.
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10 double-sided pages, 20 CDVs, 2 tintypes, and miscellaneous items in the back, including circa 1890s/1900 business cards, snapshot photos, and an original drawing of a woman (possibly Robert's wife, Ann). The 20 CDVs have been placed back into the album after being photographed, the two tintypes and rest of the items have been placed behind the back page of the album.
FIVE of the 20 CDVs were photographed by Brady's (Mathew Brady) studio in New York, one was taken by Alexander Gardner, Washington, D.C. There are two Civil War tax stamps.
Album is missing its clasps and the spine is pulling away, but has all of its pages.
Free Boxed & insured PRIORITY MAIL.