Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is not numbered. Black paper around glass edges. Image is an outdoor scene, with barn, bridge, people, machinery and horses.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 11 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and woman standing together underneath an arbour, that seems to be covering machinery of some sort. Perhaps woodworking machines?

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 68 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man standing in a field with a dog by his side, and sheep in the field behind him.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 67 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a couple embracing, man looks to be comforting the woman. Looks like there's paint on the sides of the image, like the colourist was testing his colours before painting slide.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 66 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a group of people outside a barn, some in horse drawn carriages, others are just standing, but all are looking very happy. One man standing on bridge, with both arms raised to the sky.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 64 in the series. The number 99-14 is scratched into slide. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a landscape view of a field with sheep in it, and lots of sky with clouds.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 65 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a group of people, outside a barn, looking at one man standing on a bridge, their fists are raised in the air and they look angry. The man staning on the bridge is looking up at the sky, a young boy kneels on the bridge too with dead sheep around him.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 62 in the series. The number 99-183 is scratched into slide, BRC. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted with pinks and blues. Image is of a landscape view of a canyon or pit.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 61 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of an outdoor barn scene, people in carriages and on horses, standing around one man who is laying on the ground, his head resting in a woman's lap.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 59 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of an outdoor barn scene, people in carriages and on horses, standing around looking at one man talking on a bridge. The group has their fists raised in the air.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 57 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of two men with what looks like fallen trees. Could be they have fallen on their house.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 56 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of two older men talking, one has his hand on the other's arm, and one is wearing a cowboy hat.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 55 in the series. The number 99-90 is scratched into slide in BRC. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of an older man with a younger woman, holding onto his arm. The man looks up at the sky.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 54 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Not as heavily painted as the other slides. Some of the black & white image shows through, like it was never hand painted. Image is a scene of people in carriages, on horses, a barn, a ditch, some sheep.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 53 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of men and sheep, outside two barns.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 51 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man holding a young boy in his arms. The boy's eyes are closed and the man is looking up to the sky.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 49 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy kneeling and looking up to the sky, beside a tree with no leaves, beside him is a dog and a deer with antlers.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 45 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and woman. They are next to a machine, possibly a grain grinder. The man looks to be turning a crank on the machine. The woman is sitting behind him, on a fence, with her arms around his shoulders.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 50 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man standing in front of a big tree with no leaves, and a young boy laying on the ground with his head on a sheep's back.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 48 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of six men standing next to the machinery/engine from earlier slides.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 47 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of five men standing outside, four looking at the fifth one. Looks like it is the two men from the fight in previous slide 2008.001.1333

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 46 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of the halloween dance from earlier slides, but a fight has broken out among the dancers.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 44 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and woman speaking, flowers behind the woman.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 40 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a three couples, one kissing in the road, one in a carriage, and one descending from a carriage. Near a mill wheel/ water wheel.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 43 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman and man talking while a crowd watches, at Halloween dance.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 41 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman dancing in the middle of a group of people, all watching and clapping. Same Halloween dance as previous slide 2008.001.1328

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 39 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of people dancing at a halloween party. The room is decorated with jack-o-lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 38 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man sitting at the reins of a horse drawn carriage.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 37 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a group of people standing together outside the house, with the young boy still kneeling and sheep at his feet.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 36 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy outside a house. Two men are standing next to a fence, third man and boy crouching near fallen sheep.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 35 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy next to a watering trough and water well with a house behind them. Two sheep have fallen (dead?), one still stands with his head in the trough and a fourth sheep is laying down. The dog stands with his two front paws on the edge of the trough. The men looks upset and confused.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 34 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy, standing outside a house, near a watering trough and well, where a sheep is drinking, and dog is watching. There are sheep in the field behind the men, and the house.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 33 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men standing by a fence post, looking off to one side. They don't look happy.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 32 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and boy with dog in a field of sheep. Sky is blue and pink.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 31 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of the same crowd of people from previous slide 2008.001.1319, but man standing near wheel is now standing with his arm around one of the woman, and another man has his hand on his shoulder.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 30 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a crowd of people watching one man trying to move the wheel of the engien/steam train mentioned in previous slide 2008.001.1318. Not sure what the engine/machine/steam train is.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 29 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a crowd of people watching one man load a bag of something, slung over his shoulder, onto a carriage. Looks like there's a steam train or engine behind him.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 27 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of four women sitting on a bench, outside a house. One woman is smoking a pipe. They are all looking the same way, as though watching something "off screen."

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 24 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a man and young boy standing in a field, surrounded by a dog, deer, bear and sheep.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 22 in the series.Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man sitting at an easel, that's been set up outdoors, and he's painting a woman standing in nature. The colours are very vivid.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Made by Joseph Hawkes New York City." Slide is numbered 21 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of an older man with white hair sitting at a table, with a dog standing on its hind legs, its front paws on the man's lap. In the BRC there's the numbers 99-218 printed on slide itself. More research shows that Joseph Hawkes worked in New York City and Brooklyn in the late 19th century, and he hand coloured slides. "He worked with the Brooklyn Museum's curator of fine arts, William Henry Goodyear, to reproduce images of archaeological and architectural sites in Europe as well as images of the Paris Exposition." (http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/research/digital-collections/lantern.php)

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Slide is numbered 19 in the series. Slide is in a cardboard mount. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman and man standing together at a fence outside a house.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 18 in the series. Printed in BRC of slide "99-68." Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young woman with blond hair, crouching by a creek with a bucket. You can see her reflection in the water. She is the same woman from slide 16, 2008.001.1311.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 16 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young couple holding hands standing on the side of a mountain (?), with more moutains in the distance.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 14 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy sitting on a log with a baby sheep on his lap, a dog at his feet and a squirrel on his shoulder.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 13 in the series. Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy kneeling next to a deer, with a dog next to him, outside the house. He's next to three tree stumps. There are two other unidentified animals in the scene.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 12 in the series. Heavily painted. Image is of two men, one standing with his arms and fists in the air, one sitting with a dog in his lap. They're on a porch of a log cabin, with sheep in the field next to them. Trees and blue sky.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 9 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman standing with a horse, holding its reins, in a field, there's sheep in the background with trees. The sky is blue with pink/white clouds.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 7 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Seven people are standing inside a house, the room has a fireplace, bed, table with a staircase leading up. An older woman sits on the stairs, and the rest are standing. The man holding the suitcase, from earlier slides, is now inside with the others.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 6, follows the same series. Heavily painted. Two men and one woman poke their heads out from a doorway, looking at something 'off-screen' - perhaps the two men talking at the gate from the previous slide 2008.001.1304.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 5. Perhaps the fifth one in a series, because the man in the slide is the same man from 2008.001.1303. Image of two men talking by a gate, at what looks to be a ranch. The one man is the dressed in a black suit, holding a briefcase or suitcase, perhaps a doctor. The second man is holding a cowboy hat, and has a beard. The image is handpainted over a B&W slide.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 4. No wood frame. Black paper around glass edges. Image of a man standing in a field looking up at the sky. He's in a field with a wood fence, housing sheep, and there's buildings in the background. The sky is painted blue and pink.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 2. No wood frame. Image of covered wagons making their way through the mountains, sky is painted blue and pink. The image is handpainted over a B&W slide.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 1. No wood frame. Image is handpainted, but looks like a B&W photograph underneath. It is of a man standing alone in the middle of nature, on the side of a mountain on a cliff, looking up at the sky. There's mountains around him, trees towering over him. The sky is blue with some clouds. Date based on research that shows Edward Van Altena's studio was active during 1890s-1910s. This series part of Life Model Slides. "The most popular slides in Victorian times were 'life model slides', which depicted popular sentimental stories of the day.The slides were produced by arranging actors in costume in front of a painted back drop. Stage props were placed in front of the actors and the scenes from the story were photographed. The slides were often hand tinted with colour and sold in boxes, along with a text to be used as a reading.In particular the temperance movement and political speakers used slides to convert a mass audience." (http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/wally-simpkins-look-at-east-riding-history/Shadow-shows-and-magic-lanterns.2696708.jp)

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide. Image framed in black, with no wood frame. Sticker on glass handwritten in black ink "7582 ... Rome" in french. Two words in between the number and Rome are indecipherable. Image of the Tiber river with a bridge and the Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, in the distance.

Series consists of sets of lantern slides, often of historical monuments or landscapes. One set of painted slides appears to recount a story, with images of people outdoors on a farm, in a carriage, dancing and fighting. Another set of non-photographic painted slides depicts children working and playing. The slides in this series were mass produced for the commercial market.

Football team portrait. The well-ordered players are standing on stone steps. Hand-lettered on the front of the grey card mount is "Central High / 1927." Written in black ink on verso of card mount is "Left to Right, Front row: Clyde Clancy, Harold Pollack, Jim Connolly, Johnny Wright, Harlan Haulman, Gilbert Edwards; Middle Row: Parley Hyde, Moorhead Tukey, Peter Sawerbrey, 'Auroea' Nelson, Clary Johnson, Les Huff, Graham Cooksey; Back Row: John Epplen, Mgr., Elmo Pace, Roscoe Haynie, Bud Levin, Glenn Cackley, J. G. Schmidt, coach." A faded grey studio stamp reads "Dewell, commercial photographer, (...) 321 (...) Omaha."

Item is a group portrait of a minstrel show. 42 performers, including children and adults, are posed seated or standing on a stage. Six of the performers appear in blackface, wearing makeup and wigs.

Minstrel shows are a style of variety show, most popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, in which white performers use make-up and costumes to depict racist and stereotypical caricatures of Black people. The genre originated in the United States, but Canada had its own troupes and touring companies, and the format was popular with schools, community groups, and religious organizations.

A two-page hand-written eulogy was found with the photograph that begins "Ella Roberts age 85 years of Galena, Ohio died November 28, 1949..."

Photographic print of three women is trimmed into a tiny circle and set into a button assembly. The unsmiling women are shown wearing white blouses and darker neck bows. The button is black metal, with a gold metal pin.

Photograph is of a woman sitting in front of a fireplace, with Redbook magazine open on her lap. The support for the image is a neon-red paper. On the lower right of the tan card mount is embossed the studio logo. On the verso is inscribed in green ink: "To Jessie, Wishing you many happy returns of the day. Violet. Jan. 1 1912."

Photographic image is of a two-horse team standing on a dirt road with cart and driver in front of residential buildings. The card mount is taupe and dark gray.

Of these family photos, one is written in ink on verso "- at Jessie (Wallace) Stanley's wedding."

Portrait of King George V, King Edward VII and Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) on board the Royal Yacht 'Victoria and Albert. Print is mounted on 34.5 x 29.5 cm cardboard.

Portrait of Earl of Strafford holding a top hat and cane.

Copy photograph of a painting of Queen Victoria and family.

Copy photograph of a painting of Alexandra c. 1862 (in her wedding gown). She was married to Edward VII in 1863.

Copy photograph of a painting of Edward VII in his 20's.

Portrait CDV of the Grand Guchess Maria.

Portrait CDV of the Duke of Edinburgh.

Copy photograph of a composite painting created from photographs.

Copy photograph of a composite painting created from photographs.

Copy photograph of a composite photograph, featuring 9 images of President Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet.

Item is a carte de visite portrait of Charles Wood (1856-1945), English flat racing jockey.

Item is a carte de visite portrait of James "Fred" Archer, nicknamed The Tin Man was an English flat race jockey.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Emma Eames, an American soprano.

Lillian Russell, born Nellie Leonard in Clinton, Iowa in 1861, was a famous comic opera actress in New York city. She made her stage debut in "Time Tries All" in Chicago in 1877 before moving to New York in 1879 and continuing her career in musicals, burlesque and dramatic shows. Near the end of her life, she was appointed as a special investigator to study immigration conditions by President Harding. She presented a report to the United States Department of Labor that suggested an "immigration holiday" of 5 years, the sifting of immigrants on the other side, and 21 years residence in the US before naturalization. See "Lillian Russell Dies of Injuries", The New York Times, June 6, 1922, pp. 1-2. Retrieved on December 15, 2010.

Item is a cabinet card portrait featuring an image of Rose Lee.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Carrie Hapgood, actress.

American actress, burlesque performer. She is recorded as having performed in "Our Cinderella: A Burlesque" by William Gill in the Colville Company's 1878-9 season, and in "The Magic Slipper" for Haverley's Theater in New York in August 1879, produced by Samuel Colville's Opera Burlesque Company.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of theatre actress Viola Clifton

American actress, appeared in Richard Stahl's operetta "The Sea King".

Item is a cabinet card portrait of English actress and singer, Jennie Beauclerc.

Item is a cabinet card featuring an image of an unknown actress sitting on a bench adjusting her stocking.

Item is a cabinet card featuring a portrait of an unknown dancer.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of a young woman wearing a dress leaning over a ledge.

Item is a photograph of the actress Marie Heath, known as "The Little Sunbeam." Credited in the production of "For Mother's Sake" (1904) produced by Rusco and Holland, minstrel company, Cincinnati & New York.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Marion Manola, American actress.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of a man sitting on a raised stool holding a violin attached to a trumpet and piano by a number of strings.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of a small teenager wearing dress and tiara.

Item is a carte de visite sized vignetted portrait of Abraham Lincoln. No inscriptions.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of 3 men in uniform, the man in the centre is seated and holding a baby.

Commemorative composite photograph celebrating Wilhelm I and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar on their golden wedding anniversary.

Item is a cabinet card group portrait of a family seated around a piano. Inscriptions on recto in German.

Item is a cabinet card copy portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck, German opera composer of the early classical period.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Queen Victoria.

Item is a carte de visite size portrait of Charles Dickens sitting at a desk, staring into space with pen in hand.

Item is a carte de visite sized copy vignetted head portrait of George Washington. Inscription in faded black ink beneath images reads: GEORGE WASHINGTON. Verso is blank.

Item is a cabinet card composite portrait of 18 Presidents of the United States.

Item is a carte de visite portrait of a man standing in front of a chair holding a book.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of actress Louise Eissing.