Skip to main content
Please contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for assistance with accessing these materials.

GILBERT, ABIJAH -ALBUMEN PORTRAIT -SENATOR, R-FLORIDA., 01/01/1875-12/31/1875

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 170
Identifier: 24042

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Barnes Collection is the photographic morgue file of the Barnes Company, which specialized in the production of albums reproducing the faces and giving capsule biographies of members of Congress during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The collection includes 501 imperial carte de visite photographs, principally of members of Congress from 1872 to 1876, many of the photographs being embellished by added signatures trimmed from letters or other documents.

Dates

  • 01/01/1875-12/31/1875

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (501 photographs)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Shelf Location

02/02/05

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

GILBERT, ABIJAH -ALBUMEN PORTRAIT -SENATOR, R-FLORIDA: Photograph

BRADY, MATHEW -PHOTOGRAPHER -WASHINGTON, D.C.: Photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057