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The Morning family carte-de-visite album contains studio portraits of men, women, and children taken in the latter half of the 19th century. Members of the compiler's family and unidentified persons were photographed individually, in pairs, and in groups of as many as six people.

The Morning family carte-de-visite album (14.5cm x 22cm) contains 88 studio portraits of men, women, and children taken in the latter half of the 19th century. The items are comprised of 53 cartes-de-visite, 34 tintypes, and 1 small albumen print mounted on a rectangular visiting card. A number of gem tintypes are laid sideways into the carte-de-visite-sized windows, with two items visible in each window. The album's padded covers are bound in purple cloth, and an owner's name written onto the first page is faded.

The photographs are individual and group portraits of men, women, and children, including infants and toddlers; some appear more than once. Two young boys, apparently twins, were dressed identically for their picture, and a woman's hand is visible supporting an infant in another. Two girls wore white dresses and veils, possibly for communion ceremonies, and a priest is shown reading a book. Group portraits include a picture of six young men with canes and a picture of four young adults posing around a chair, shot at an angle. Two of the tintypes have hand coloring on the pictured individuals' cheeks and clothing.

The New Jersey carte-de-visite album contains studio portraits of men, women, and children taken in New York and New Jersey in the late 19th century, as well as three chromolithograph "scraps" mounted on visiting cards.

The New Jersey carte-de-visite album (17cm x 13cm) contains 36 cartes-de-visite, 10 tintypes, and 3 chromolithograph "scraps" mounted on visiting cards. The cartes-de-visite and tintypes are studio portraits of men, women, and children taken in New York and New Jersey in the late 19th century. A small number have hand coloring. Most items show adult men and women photographed individually, with one picture of an adult couple, two pictures of young children, and one picture of an infant sitting in a chair. Eight mounted gem tintypes are included. Three lithograph "scraps" depict a young girl pictured with a friendship album, an open envelope, and an artist's palette with the captions "Friendship," "Devotion," and "Forget Me Not." Each scrap is mounted on a visiting card with a raised decorated border and the names "Mrs. George Carmers" and "Morriss Algoe" printed in script. The volume's brown cover has a raised geometric design, and it has two enameled metal clasps.

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.