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albumen prints

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photographic prints having albumen as the binder; always black-and-white, though they may be toned to a monochrome hue.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Framed photographs & publications, 1872-1882

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection consists of 5 framed photographs and one framed poem, illustrated. The photographs feature portraits of Walt Whitman. Poem entitled Leaves of Grass.

Dates: 1872-1882

Walt Whitman at Auction, framed, September 1872

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31141025371662], Object: 1
Scope and Contents

Photographic print of Walt Whitman seated at desk, leaning on left hand, wearing a white hat, with caption beneath. Caption reads: "Photo'd from life, Sept. '72, Brooklyn, N. Y. by G. F. E. Pearsall, Fulton St. (Printed by C. F. Spieler, Phila.).

Dates: September 1872