Alphabetically arranged, black-and-white portraits of hundreds of people born before 1900 who left their mark on American history and culture. From John and Abigail Adams to Henry Ford and from Mathew Brady to Eli Whitney, the collection includes 450 writers, artists, religious leaders, social activists, and entertainers. Fully indexed. Brief biographies included. Table of Contents for Famous Americans CD-ROM and Book: 450 Portraits from Colonial Times to 1900 Abigail Adams Henry Adams John Adams John Quincy Adams Mrs. John Quincy Adams Samuel Adams Jane Addams Louis Agassiz Louisa May Alcott Horatio Alger Washington Allston Robert Anderson Susan Brownell Anthony Benedict Arnold Chester Alan Arthur Mrs. Chester A. Arthur John Jacob Astor Mrs. William Astor John James Audubon Stephen Fuller Austin George Bancroft Joel Barlow P. T. Barnum Ethel Barrymore John Barrymore John Bartlett Clara Barton Sam Bass Lyman Frank Baum Roy Bean Dan Beard Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard Henry Ward Beecher David Belasco Alexander Graham Bell Edward Bellamy Thomas Hart Benton Louise Bethune Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce Albert Bierstadt Bill the Kid George Caleb Bingham Black Hawk Nellie Bly Daniel Boone Edwin Thomas Booth John Wilkes Booth Lizzie Andrew Borden James Bowie Belle Boyd Diamond Jim Brady Mathew B. Brady Braxton Bragg Joseph Brant Phillips Brooks John Brown William Jennings Bryan William Cullen Bryant James Buchanan Buffalo Bill Charles Bulfinch Ned Buntline Gelett Burgess Frances Hodgson Burnett Ambrose Everett Burnside Aaron Burr John Burroughs Nicholas Murray Butler George Washington Cable Mother Cabrini Abraham Cahan Calamity Jane John Caldwell Calhoun Andrew Carnegie Kit Carson George Washington Carver Mary Cassatt George Catlin Chang and Eng William Merritt Chase Charles Waddell Chesnutt Lydia Child Frederick Edwin Church George Rogers Clark William Clark Henry Clay Grover Cleveland Mrs. Grover Cleveland DeWitt Clinton Thomas Cole Samuel Colt Calvin Coolidge Mrs. Calvin Coolidge James Fenimore Cooper John Singleton Copley James John Corbett Stephen Crane Davy Crockett Nathaniel Currier George Armstrong Custer Richard Henry Dana Clarence Seward Darrow Jefferson Davis Mrs. Jefferson Davis Richard Harding Davis William Dawes Eugene Victor Debs Stephen Decatur George Dewey Emily Dickinson Mary Mapes Dodge Abner Doubleday Frederik Douglass Andrew Jackson Downing Theodore Dreiser Paul Laurence Dunbar Isadora Duncan Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Thomas Eakins Jubal Anderson Early Wyatt Earp George Eastman Mary Baker Eddy Thomas Alva Edison Jonathan Edwards Dwight David Eisenhower Mrs. Dwight David Eisenhower Charles Willam Eliot Ralph Waldo Emerson Fannie Farmer David Glasgow Farragut Eugene Field Millard Fillmore Mrs. Millard Fillmore Harvey Samuel Firestone Hamilton Fish Arthur William Foote Henry Ford Nathan Bedford Forrest Stephen Collins Foster Benjamin Franklin Mary Wilkins Freeman John Charles Frémont Daniel Chester French Philip Morin Freneau Henry Clay Frick Barbara Fritchie Margaret Fuller Robert Fulton Alexander Gardner Isabela Stewart Gardner James Abram Garfield Mrs. James Abram Garfield Hamlin Garland Pat Garrett William Lloyd Garrison Horatio Gates Geronimo Charles Dana Gibson Cass Gilbert Charlotte Gilman William James Glackens Emma Goldman Samuel Gompers Charles Goodyear Louis Moreau Gottschalk George Jay Gould Jay Gould Ulysses Simpson Grant Mrs. Ulysses Simpson Grant Asa Gray Horace Greeley Nathaniel Greene Sarah Moore Grimké George Bird Grinnell Solomon R. Guggenheim Charles J. Guiteau Edward Everett Hale Sarah Hale Alexander Hamilton Hannibal H John Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock Warren Gamaliel Harding Mrs. Warren G. Harding Joel Chandler Harris Benjamin Harrison Mrs. Benjamin Harrison William Henry Harrison Mrs. William Henry Harrison William S. Hart Bret Harte Childe Hassam Nathaniel Hawthorne Rutherford Birchard Hayes Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes Lafcadio Hearn William Randolph Hearst Robert Henri O. Henry Patrick Henry Josiah Henson Matthew Henson Victor Herbert Wild Bill Hickok Edward Hicks Thomas Wentworth Higginson Doc Holliday Oliver Wendell Holmes Winslow Homer John Bell Hood Joseph Hooker Herbert Clark Hoover Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover Harry Houdini Samuel Houston Elias Howe Julia Ward Howe William Dean Howells George Inness Washington Irving Charles Edward Ives Andrew Jackson Mrs. Andrew Jackson Helen Hunt Jackson Stonewall Jackson Frank James Henry James Jesse James William James John Jay Thomas Jefferson James J. Jeffries Sarah Orne Jewett Andrew Johnson Mrs. Andrew Johnson Casey Jones John Paul Jones Mary Jones Chief Joseph Theodore Dehone Judah Mme Stephen Jumel Elisha Kent Kane Philip Kearny Stephen Watts Kearny Helen Adams Keller Frank Billings Kellogg Francis Scott Key Thaddeus Kosciusko John La Farge John Baptist Lamy Sidney Lanier Lucy Larcom Benjamin Henry Latrobe Emma Lazarus Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee Robert Edward Lee Meriwether Lewis Abraham Lincoln Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Jenny Lind Henry Demarest Lloyd Jack London Henry Wadsworth Longfellow James Longstreet James Russell Lowell George Brinton McClellan Cyrus Hall McCormick Edward Alexander MacD William McKinley Mrs. William McKinley Dolly Madison James Madison Alfred Thayer Mahan Francis Marion John Marshall Harriet Marineau George Mason Edgar Lee Masters Bat Masterson Cotton Mather Increase Mather Richard Mather George Gordon Meade Andrew William Mellon Herman Melville Albert Abraham Michelson James Monroe Mrs. James Monroe Lola Montez Clement Clarke Moore Daniel Morgan J. P. Morgan Gouverneur Morris Robert Morris Samuel Finley Breese Morse John Singleton Mosby Lucretia Mott John Muir Eadweard Muybridge Thomas Nast Natchez Carry Nation Frank Norris Annie Oakley Frederick Law Olmstead James Otis Robert Owen Thomas Paine Francis Parkman Peter Parley George Peabody Charles Willson Peale William Penn Joseph Pennell Matthew Calbraith Perry John Joseph Pershing Duncan Phyfe George Edward Pickett Franklin Pierce Mrs. Franklin Pierce Zebulon Montgomery Pike Pocahontas Edgar Allan Poe James Knox Polk Mrs. James Knox Polk Maurice Brazil Prendergast Casimir Pulaski Joseph Pulitzer George Haven Putnam Howard Pyle William Clarke Quantrill Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Rain-In-The-Face Red Cloud Frederic Remington Paul Revere Jacob August Riis James Whitcomb Riley Edwin Arlington Robinson John Augustus Roebling Washington Augustus Roebling Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Josiah Royce Benjamin Rush Lillian Russell Augustus Saint-Gaudens George Santayana John Singer Sargent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Dred Scott Winfield Scott Mother Elizabeth Seton Samuel Sewall William Henry Seward Robert Gould Philip Henry Sheridan Roger Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman Sitting Bull John Sloan Joshua Slocum Joseph Smith John Philip Sousa Myles Standish Sir Henry Morton Stanley Elizabeth Stanton Belle Starr Lincoln Steffens Alfred Stieglitz Joseph Story Harriet Beecher Stowe Levi Strauss George Templeton Strong Gilbert Stuart Jeb Stuart Peter Stuyvesant Anne Sullivan John L. Sullivan Louis Henri Sullivan Thomas Sully Charles Sumner Mary E. Surratt John Augustus Sutter William Howard Taft Mrs. William Howard Taft Benjamin Tallmadge Roger Brooke Taney Ida Minerva Tarbell Booth Tarkington Bayard Taylor Zachary Taylor Mrs. Zachary Taylor Tecumseh Sylvanus Thayer General Tom Thumb Mrs. Tom Thumb Louis Comfort Tiffany Henry Timrod Harry S. Truman Mrs. Harry S. Truman John Trumbull Harriet Tubman Frederick Jackson Turner Mark Twain William Marcy Tweed John Tyler Mrs. John Tyler Angelica Van Buren Martin Van Buren Cornelius Vanderbilt Calvert Vaux Honus Wagner Lillian D. Wald Lew Wallace Artemas Ward Booker Taliaferro Washington George Washington Martha Washington Anthony Wayne Daniel Webster Noah Webster Gideon Welles Benjamin West George Westinghouse Phillis Wheatley James Abbott McNeill Whistler Walt Whitman Eli Whitney John Greenleaf Whittier Kate Douglas Wiggin Ella Wheeler Wilcox Woodrow Wilson Mrs. Woodrow Wilson John Winthrop Oliver Wolcott Frank Lloyd Wright Orville Wright Wilbur Wright Brigham Young Cy Young Florenz Ziegfeld
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