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America at 250

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  2026-07-10 09:00:00 2026-07-10 09:00:00 America/New_York Fleischer's Auctions Fleischer's Auctions : America at 250 https://bid.fleischersauctions.com/auctions/fleischers-auctions/america-at-250-22027
A historic assortment of lots carefully curated to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, bringing together significant artifacts, documents, and objects that illuminate the people, events, and ideals that shaped the nation’s founding and early development.
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Lot 308

[LINCOLN] (7) Lincoln Cabinet Members

Estimate: $250 - $500
Starting Bid
$100

Bid Increments

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$100 $25
$300 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$50,000 $5,000

Group of 7 albumen carte de visites of President Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet members identified by modern pencil inscriptions to verso, including:

 

1. Half-length seated studio portrait of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony. Brady negative. Publisher's imprint to verso, along with a cancelled blue 2 cent revenue stamp. 

 

2. Full length standing studio portrait of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony. Publisher's imprint to verso, along with a cancelled blue 2 cent revenue stamp.

 

3. Vignetted half-length studio portrait of Secretary of the Interior James Harlan. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony. Brady negative. Publisher's imprint to verso, along with a cancelled blue 2 cent revenue stamp. 

 

4. Vignetted bust-length studio portrait of Secretary of the Treasury William P. P. Fessenden. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony. Brady negative. Publisher's imprint to verso, along with a cancelled blue 2 cent revenue stamp. 

 

5. Vignetted half-length studio portrait of Secretary of the Interior John P. Usher. New York: New York: E. & H. T. Anthony. Brady negative. Publisher's imprint to verso, along with a cancelled blue 2 cent revenue stamp. 

 

6. Vignetted bust-length studio portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony. Brady negative. Publisher's imprint to verso, along with a cancelled blue 2 cent revenue stamp. 

 

7. Half-length seated studio portrait of Attorney General Edward Bates. New York: New York: E. & H. T. Anthony. Brady negative. Publisher's imprint to verso, along with a cancelled blue 2 cent revenue stamp. 

 

[Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Abraham Lincoln, Politics, Mary Todd Lincoln, 1860 Election, Election of 1860, 1864 Election, Election of 1864,  Lincoln Assassination, John Wilkes Booth] 

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