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Album is 17.5x13.5 cm. (6¾x5¼"), tooled in gilt and heavily embossed, lettered on the front cover "To my Wife, Jan. 1st, 1864"; all edges gilt, gauffered, with paintings on the top, fore and bottom edges; metal clasps.

Attractive album with a significant selection of carte-de-visite photographs, including: Abraham Lincoln, with imprint of W.W. Smith, Hazleton, PA; montage of Washington & Lincoln with Lady Liberty; Union soldier with pistol in belt, dagger in hand, no photographer; John Brown (from a painting); Robert E. Lee By Stonewall Art Gallery, Lexington, VA; rare outdoor view of a political rally (was oversized, now trimmed); Soldier standing by stacked rifles, “Illustrations of Camp Life” by Brady (right edge clipped); Gen. W.T. Sherman; Gen. Benjamin Butler; Gen. P.H. Sheridan; Maj.-Gen. Meade; Gen. Joseph B. Hooker; Montage of union generals with lady liberty; Edward Everett; Thaddeus Stevens; Henry Ward Beecher; Edwin M. Stanton; Schuyler Colfax; and more. A more complete listing available on request.