Kamakura Buddha-Cabinet Card; JDG Description on Verso, ca. 1879

File — Box: 7, Folder: 034

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirteen boxes of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks related to Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant, their acquaintances, and family members. It is arranged in three series: Correspondence and Ephemera; Photographs, and Scrapbooks. The first two series have additional Sub-Series that break the material down into specific types which are then arranged either chronologically or alphabetically by topic.

Correspondents in this collection include:

Ulysses S. Grant; Julia D. Grant; Frederick Dent Grant; Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.; Jesse Root Grant; William T. Sherman; Philip Sheridan; John Schofield; Orville E. Babcock; B. F. Butler; W. W. Smith; J. M. Schofield; John Rawlins; Horace Porter; William McKinley; Mary Todd Lincoln; Adam Badeau; Rama V / Chulalongkorn

Dates

ca. 1879

Extent

From the Collection: 6.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Note

This is a cabinet card albumen photograph of seven unknown westerners taken in front of the Kamakura Buddha in Japan. JDG's handwriting is on the back. There is a printed description of the Buddha on the back as well.