Historic Americana

DATED 1776 BEDFORD CARVER POWDER HORN--EX. DRESSLAR. A finely carved priming horn, circa 9.5" in length, engraved with three lines of text: &...

WAR OF 1812 HANDBILL. This handbill is 4.5" x 7.5", entitled "Extract of a Letter." It quotes a New Hampshire Federalist who ur...

RELIC FROM PERRY'S FLAG SHIP, USS NIAGARA. Mahogany and glass vitrine, 19.12 x 9.6 x 8" containing a large piece of oak and an iron spike ...

IMPORTANT WAR OF 1812 MANUSCRIPTS FROM OHIO. Elijah Wadsworth Papers. 1807-1866, 26 items. A Major General in the Militia from the turn of the cent

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL SAMUEL HOUSTON, GRAPHITE AND INK WASH ON PAPER. Anonymous, graphite and ink on paper, 7.25 x 6" (sight), framed with mat an...

EARLY LEATHER-COVERED POWDER OR SHOT JUG. Great carved wood jug, 7" tall x 2.5" wide covered with split and polished harness leather tack...

AMES POWDER FLASK. This Army powder flask is one of the variants of the mid-19th century (1830s-40s) Ames "Peace Flasks." It has the shie...

RARE ELLSWORTH/BROWNELL FERROTYPE PENDANT. A fabulous 1" ferrotype brass shell with portrait of the Elmer Ellsworth, the first casualty of the...

TINTYPE OF TRIPLE ARMED YANK. A sixth-plate tintype of a seated soldier drawing an Enfield saber bayonet from his scabbard ready to fix onto the Brit

TINTYPE OF CIVIL WAR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENLISTED MAN IN GREATCOAT. This unvarnished sixth-plate tintype recorded an unidentified private of short statu

QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF MOUNTED CAVALRY OFFICER. Anonymous, quarter plate tintype of a dashing bearded Union Captain on his mount. He sports a tam-

TINTYPE OF PVT. PERRY FRY, 94TH ILLINOIS, KIA. A sixth-plate tintype of a fresh recruit with musket and silver-hilted English bowie knife tucked into

RARE TINTYPE OF UNION WINTER QUARTERS. An intriguing outdoor sixth-plate tintype offering a rare candid glimpse of military life in the field. The r

QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF YANKS AND FLAG. A quarter-plate tintype of two newly minted infantry non-commissioned officers photographed against the back

TINTYPE OF A YANK WITH A STARR REVOLVER. A sixth-plate tintype of an early war unidentified cavalryman cradling an M1840 "wrist breaker" ...

GREAT AMBROTYPE OF MOUNTED UNION CAV OFFICER. Very rare quarter-plate ruby ambrotype of an armed cavalryman brandishing his saber against the backdro

TINTYPE OF ID'D YANK WITH SABRE AND REMINGTON .44. A quarter-plate tintype of an effeminate-looking trooper boasting a classic saber up, pistol...

GREAT AMBROTYPE OF BOSTON LIGHT ARTILLERYMAN. A pristine sixth-plate ruby ambrotype of a Boston Light Artillery enlisted man, circa 1860. An elite c

TWO TINTYPES OF ID'D 4TH WI LIGHT ARTILLERYMAN. A pair of sixth-plate tintypes taken at the same sitting and identified with period ink inscrip...

TINTYPE OF CIVIL WAR PRIVATE WITH ENFIELD. A loose sixth-plate tintype of a private wearing a pork-pie hat and holding an Enfield rifle in full leath

FULL PLATE TINTYPE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE YANKEE. A large oval tintype measuring approximately 10 x 8" featuring a bearded veteran smoking a pipe wh...

GREAT TINTYPE OF UNION OFFICER AND WIFE. A quarter-plate tintype of a young 1st Lieutenant captured next to a fashionable young woman, presumably his

AMBROTYPE OF MUSTACHIOED SOUTHRON (LOUISIANA?) A crystal clear early sixth-plate ambrotype of a resolute Southerner wearing tinted military shirt and

LOT OF 3 U.S. GRANT CDVS. Includes 2 cdvs of Grant as a Civil War General, both in oval "frames" on the cards. The 3rd is the classic Gra...

U.S. GRANT CABINET CARD. Cabinet card of Grant, hand in jacket, marked both front and back "F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia." Card was formerl...

SIGNED CDV OF MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH HOOKER. Anonymous. Crisp vignette of Hooker ink-signed "Joseph Hooker Major General" in his hurried hand ...

SIGNED CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL A.S. WILLIAMS. Published wartime view of Alpheus Starkey Williams as Brigadier General wearing two star badges of the 12t

CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL O.O. HOWARD. Crisp vignette of the popular Howard with bm of "Schwing & Rudd" having ink identification and &quo...

CDV OF BVT. BRIG. GEN. WM. G. LE DUC. Unpublished view by noted artist "R.M. Linn, Point Lookout." Identification in ink on verso with L...

CDV OF BVT. BRIG. GEN. J.S. FULLERTON. Trimmed cartes of Fullerton by "Schwing & Rudd" identified in ink on verso with rank and "...

LOT OF CDVS OF 6 UNION GENERALS PLUS LINCOLN. Lot of 7 total. CDV's of Grant, Rousseau, Rosecrans, Stanley and period copy shot of President Lin...

CDV OF COL. ALLEN H. JACKSON, 134TH NY. Anonymous vignette with period pencil identification on verso. Having previously served in the 91st NY. Jack

CDV OF MAJOR T. S. OSBORN, 1ST NY LIGHT ARTY. Cartes by "Hart's Gallery, Watertown, NY" and signed "T.W. Osborn Col." in hi...

CDV OF MAJOR JOHN A. REYNOLDS, 1ST LIGHT ARTY. No bm. Ink-signed on recto "Respectfully Yours J.A. Reynolds Maj. NY Arty." Reynolds firs...

CDV OF BVT. CAPTAIN JOSEPH B. FORAKER, 89TH OVI. An unpublished late war "Brady" view with Foraker's ink signature and rank on recto. ...

CDV OF LT. CHARLES AHREETS, 134TH NY (KIA SAVANNAH). No bm. Penned on verso is a marvelous inscription in the hand of his friend William Mickle that

LOT OF 2 CDVS, MAJOR P. FOX, 1ST MICHIGAN E&M AND SON J.N. FOX, 1ST . Both cartes without bm and identified in period ink on verso. Perrin V. ...

LOT OF 2, DIFFERENT VIEWS OF CAPT. WM. WHEELER, 13TH NY BATTERY (KIA). The earlier published view without bm is signed "Lieut. Wm. Wheeler 1861...

CIVIL WAR GEM NH TINTYPE ALBUM. Fine gem album in embossed red calf containing a total of 114 gem-sized tintypes, including the image of a Civil War

CDV OF LT. A.G. SHEPARD, 33RD MASS. Vignette by "Heald & Bro." Lynn, Mass. Ink-signed on recto with name, rank and regiment. Shepard...

SPECTACULAR CDV OF DRUMMER JOHNNY CLEM "THE DRUMMER BOY OF SHILOH." Absolutely pristine 1863 view of celebrity Sergeant John Lincoln Clem ...

CIVIL WAR CDV OF UNION SUPPLIES AT RESACA, GEORGIA (UNPUBLISHED). Unpublished view by "Schwing & Rudd" with a contemporary ink notatio...

OUTDOOR CDV VIEW OF OFFICERS OF 134TH NY AT POINT LOOKOUT. A period copy by "J.W. Black, Boston" from the original quarter-plate tintype ...

CDV OF ARMED PRIVATE JOHN K. MESSMORE, 99TH OVI. Anonymous cartes of Messmore with period pencil identification on verso. Armed with a M1842 musket a

CDV OF CAPTAIN LEANDER CLARK, 124TH NEW YORK. Cdv by "Whitddit & Coffin, Newburgh, N.Y." Complete pencil identification on verso wit...

CDV GROUPING IF THE 15TH VETERAN VOLUNTEER CORPS. A large collection consisting of forty cartes assembled by an unknown member of the 15th Regiment V

GROUP OF INDIANA CIVIL WAR CDVS. Lot of eight CDV's including three wearing a similar uniform with veteran's stripes, cuff braiding and embr...

ALBUMEN CDV OF JEFF DAVIS.This cdv of Jefferson Davis has an Anthony backmark. Adhesive stain on where photo attached to card, but still good. PLEASE

FINE CONFEDERATE CDV ALBUM. An album found in Kentucky containing 34 cdvs of Confederate notables, including and outstanding protrait of Simon B. Buc

CIVIL WAR FROCK COAT OF LT. J.M. HUBBARD, 11th KANSAS CAVALRY. Regulation 8 button frock coat of Lt. Josiah Meigs Hubbard along with his sword belt an