The collection

Court petition regarding the children of Harriet, a freedwoman

Jeremiah Fuller · November 4, 1867

ink on paper; H x W: 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (16.5 x 19.7 cm)

Public domain

Letter written by Union occupation soldier John Stagenwalt

John Stagenwalt · July 30, 1866

ink on wove paper; H x W (open): 9 13/16 × 15 1/2 in. (25 × 39.3 cm); H x W (closed): 9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25 × 19.8 cm)

Public domain

Carte-de-visite of a young girl in Napa, California

James G. Brayton · 1865–1888

albumen on wove paper and cardboard; H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (9.6 × 6 cm); H x W (card): 4 1/8 × 2 9/16 in. (10.5 × 6.5 cm)

Public domain

Carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian

Andrew Burgess · 1864; printed later

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (Image): 3 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (8.9 × 5.3 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)

Public domain

Bill of Sale for Chloe from Z. B. Oakes to Elias N. Ball

Walker · October 25, 1862

ink on paper; H x W: 14 × 8 1/2 in. (35.6 × 21.6 cm)

Ambrotype of a Civil War soldier

Littlefield · 1861–1865

collodion and silver on glass photographic plates; Closed: 3 × 2 5/8 × 7/8 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 2.2 cm); Open: 3 × 5 1/8 × 9/16 in. (7.6 × 13 × 1.4 cm); 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)

Public domain

Carte-de-visite of women and children in a cotton field

J. H. Aylsworth · 1860s

albumen and silver nitrate on photographic paper; H x W: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (6.4 x 9.5 cm)

Public domain