CIVIL War Era Leather Photograph Album C1863 Tintypes Lincoln Grant & More

  

Civil War era fine full leather Victorian photographic album book with 37 tintype/CDV photos. In order of individuals posted. Image 1: President Abraham Lincoln. Image 2: General Ulysses S.

Image 4: Possibly John Muir?? Conservationist, "Father of the National Parks". Google and AI image searches identify the man.

As John Muir, but I cannot locate another copy. Image 5: Aurore Sand, as a child, taken by Christie R. She was an artist and. Granddaughter of renowned French novelist.

George Sand, who was more renowned than. Victor Hugo during the mid-1800s. Image 6: Signed photograph of unidentified man. Image 7: An 1873 engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie. Featuring 12 Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal.

Various other images of the photograph album owner's family or other unidentified individuals. The photo album has its original mounted cross-shaped brass clasps and is gorgeously hand tooled with ornate patterns and decoration.

37/40 slots are filled with photos from about the late 1850s to late 1880s. The leather boards are quite beautiful. The spine is dry, cracking and beginning to separate from the binding. The front hinge is splitting and reinforced with hinge tape.

Please see pictures to get a better idea of condition of the contents of this beautiful photo album filled with photographs of important historical figures and the prior owner's family members.