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The New York and Michigan carte-de-visite album contains photographic portraits of unidentified men, women, and children taken mostly in New York State in the mid- to late 19th century.

The New York and Michigan carte-de-visite album (16cm x 12cm) contains portraits of unidentified men, women, and children taken in New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin in the mid- to late 19th century. The photographs are comprised of 16 cartes-de-visite, 10 tintypes, and 1 small albumen print. Some items have photographers' names printed on the back; one is attributed to "Mr. and Mrs. M. Brown." The pictures include headshots and full-body length portraits of subjects sitting or standing. The album's brown cover has a tooled geometric design, and it has two metal clasps, also with ornate designs. The title "Album" is stamped on the spine in gold.

This carte-de-visite album primarily contains formal studio portraits of men, women, and children taken in various locations in northeast North America from the 1860s to 1880s. One photograph shows an artistic rendering of the text of the Lord's Prayer, and a colored cutout is pasted into the volume.

This carte-de-visite album (15cm x 13cm) primarily contains formal studio portraits of men, women, and children taken in various locations in northeast North America from around the mid-1860s to early 1880s. The pictures are comprised of 42 carte-de-visite and 2 tintype portraits, as well as an additional carte-de-visite photograph collage. Two of the items are dated November 3, 1865, and September 3, 1881; few of the people pictured are identified. One woman is shown holding an infant in her lap. One tintype shows a young man dressed in costume wearing a plumed hat. The additional carte-de-visite depicts a printed version of the Lord's Prayer that utilizes several ornate fonts; a picture of Jesus Christ appears amidst the text, which is surrounded by drawn scenes of angels. A cutout pasted into the volume is a colored drawing of a woman standing next to a grazing sheep, framed by three large flowers. The album's brown leather cover has geometric designs stamped in gold and metal clasps; a floral design is carved into the sides of the pages. "Photographs" is stamped in gold on the spine.

The R. W. Butterfield Princeton College Class of 1866 carte-de-visite album, compiled by Roger W. Butterfield, contains studio portraits of various men, women, and children.

The Princeton College Class of 1866 carte-de-visite album (23.5cm x 18cm), compiled by Roger W. Butterfield, contains 198 cartes-de-visite and 3 tintypes. The brown leather cover has gold floral designs imprinted on a raised portion of its cover; the central, sunken part of the cover has the title "Princeton College Class of '66" and the name "R. W. Butterfield" imprinted in gold. The title "Album" is printed in gold on the spine, and the volume has just one of its two original metal clasps. The book has two pages of biographical information about the members of Princeton College's Class of 1866. The photographs are credited to photographers from both the east and Midwestern states.

The vast majority of items are studio portraits of men and women of varying ages, photographed individually, in pairs, and groups. The album includes four outdoor group photographs of young men, presumably students, posed on a lawn, and in front of buildings. Of note is an outdoor photograph of a posed group with guitar, pipes, canes, and two men in shirt sleeves boxing. Many of the photographs are autographed including those of University of Michigan professors James V. Campbell and Thomas M. Cooley. Several portraits of children include one of a man and boy, the man smoking a pipe, and one of three girls, and a commercially produced image of "Rebecca," the emancipated slave from New Orleans. Other cartes-de-visite are pictures of a painted portrait, a statue, Minehaha Falls, and several grave monuments; one lithograph shows an unidentified religious building. One loose carte-de-visite is laid into the album.

The Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland carte-de-visite album contains carte-de-visite and tintype studio portraits of men, women, and children taken around the 1870s-1880s. Most of the tintypes are hand-tinted.

This album (13cm x9cm) contains 16 carte-de-visite and 13 tintype photographs taken in Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland circa 1870s-1880s. Most items are individual portraits, with three exceptions: a carte-de-visite of two women, a tintype of a woman holding an infant, and a tintype family photograph of six people, mostly children. The majority of the tintypes and at least two of the cartes-de-visite have hand coloring. One photograph of an infant is identified as Estelle Simcoe. The volume's brown cover has a raised geometric design, and the title "Album" is stamped in gold on the spine.

The Women Photographers carte-de-visite album contains studio portraits made by female photographers and husband-and-wife teams in the United States and England.

The Women Photographers carte-de-visite album (13.5cm x 10cm) contains 21 studio portraits of men, women, and children made by female photographers and husband-and-wife teams in the United States and England. This album was likely compiled by collector Frederick P. Currier from individual unrelated photos and an empty album

With the exception of one picture of a man and a woman, all of the items are individual portraits. One woman wore a large cross on a necklace, and one infant posed on a chair. The album's dark brown cover has a raised geometric design, and the volume is closed with two metal clasps. A floral design is carved into the sides of the pages. A list of photographers and their locations, when given, is provided below.