American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

15 CDVs of Union generals and other officers wearing mourning bands or pins in remembrance of Abraham Lincoln following his assassination, ca 1865. Subjects include:

General John A. Logan, 2 poses from the same sitting, mourning crepe on arm. Washington, DC and New York: Brady & Co. -- Admiral David G. Farragut, mourning band on arm. Boston: Black & Case. -- Major Harry Lake Gilmour (identified on verso), mourning cockade on sleeve. Washington, DC: Gardner, published by Philp & Solomons. -- Captain Abner L. Knowlton (identified in an identical portrait), 4th New Hampshire Volunteers, mourning ribbon tied around arm. Laconia, NH: W.L. Wilder. -- First Lieutenant Thomas B. Prendergast (identified on verso), mourning band on sleeve. New York: Charles D. Fredricks & Co. -- 3 images of the same unidentified officer holding his sword and wearing a mourning cockade on his sleeve. Washington, DC: Jno. Holyland. -- And 6 portraits of unidentified officers, most with swords, all wearing mourning tributes of some kind. Most also with revenue stamps affixed to verso. -- Together, 15 CDVs.