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Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Caricature of Abraham Lincoln being shot by a cannon at close range with great force. Cream envelope with brown ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'If any one attempts to haul down the / American Flag, shoot him on the spot.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by flags and a Phrygian cap. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed on banners below portrait: 'THE PEOPLES' CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Wolf in a suit kneels before Little Red Riding Hood, who is holding the American flag. Yellow envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'THE SECESSION WOLF' offering to lead / Kentucky, 'Or any other State,' out of / the Union. 'That's what's the matter. / Published by Jas. Gates, Cincinnati.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Image of Lincoln as a pharmacist with symbolic names on the jar and bottles that surround him in an apothecary. Cream envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left side. Printed vertically at left of image: 'G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith, Salem, Mass.

Stereograph: Abraham Lincoln standing outside a tent with officer and another man, possibly Allan Pinkerton.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 6 in. African-American soldier wearing a base-drum on his back. With lines and printed indications for address including regiment, company., colonel commanding, and camp. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed at bottom center: 'KING & BAIRD, PRS. GANSOM ST. PHILADA.'

Sketch: 1 p. A drawing of an American Eagle sitting on a tree branch, looking down to its right at a snake with a man's head. The snake represents the Copperhead movement, and in particular Clement L. Vallandigham. The snake is facing a group of people who are situated underneath the eagle. This sketch means to respond to the Copperhead movement. On verso of leaf and upside down.

Letter: Graphite on paper. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. verso completely inscribed with letter to Frank Leslie from 13 miles outside of Atlanta that reads: 'Frank Leslie, DSir, I will send you a sketch of a birds eye view of Atlanta Ga from a distance of thirteen miles, from a high position near the Chatahoochie River. The country between the river and Atlanta is all woods and what is called here rolling small vales and hills and the City is on high ground.

Albumen print; 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. Group of officers standing at attention in front of a large house among trees. The list of names is on Page 18.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Union cannon with Seward, Lincoln, Scott and Cameron on it firing at a house with 'Disunion' on it, with Jeff Davis over the door. Boards with a variety of names on them are flying into the air. Cream envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl Sts. N. Y.'

Stereograph: Covered wagons and horses on a hill side with tents in the far background, Camp Winfield Scott, Va.

Printed form completed in manuscript.

Blank printed form.

The collection consists of ca. 775 gelatin silver photographs, depicting New York City ca. 1939-1954, and in the 1970s and 1980s. The photographs range in size from 5 x 7 inches to 13 1/4 x 22 inches. A series of photographs focusing on 1940s New York contains photographs from Feininger's book New York in the Forties (1978) depicting Times Square, Fifth Avenue, elevated railroads, the Brooklyn Bridge, the waterfront and river traffic, shops and shop owners in a variety of neighborhoods, including Chinatown and the Jewish Lower East Side, and a variety of street, park and skyline views.

Stereograph: Fortification, possibly Fort Wagner on Folly Island, with cannon in foreground, piles of shot beyond.

Stereograph: Two-story wooden frame house with many men gathered in and around it.

Manuscript letter on paper with personal letterhead.

Manuscript letter on paper with personal letterhead.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4x 6 1/4 in. Portraits of George McClellan, Major General Stewart Van Vliet, General Barry and Major General Robert(?) Clarke. White envelope with black and green ink. Image covers sheet.

Stereograph: Group of soldiers and officers in unidentified camp, tents in background.

Stereograph: Group of soldiers, woman, and child in front of log building with 'Union 17' sign hanging over doorway.

Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. An African American guard points a bayonetted rifle at a prisoner in front of a tent. Their conversation is written out in the top left corner. 'Sentinel {halt-dar, who goes dar? Rebel {A Friend. Sentinal {Look here white man, don't you say Friend again, you's a Rebel and prisoner, and I'se put here to watch you - how you like dat.'