Name/Title
Leland, Cyrus Portrait, c. 1870Entry/Object ID
P2018.2.123Description
Leland, Cyrus Portrait, c. 1870. b/w. Oval, printed on mat, head/shoulders. Mature man with dark hair, receding hairline, dark whiskers, no mustache. He is wearing a dark suit with wide lapels, silk vest with watch fob. Leland was an important businessman in Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas and was noted for his Civil War service with the Union Army.
Handwritten on back: "Colonel Cyrus Leland, a lawyer, who settled in Troy about 1856. Was a graduate of Harvard, Class of 1832. Though a democrat he was host to Lincoln when he visited Troy.
Colonel ? was a slave-owning Virginian and quite wealthy for those days owning a great deal of land. Leland was called into service as C.O. 13th Kansas Infantry at the beginning of Civil War."Collection
Marshall & Melanie WhiteMade/Created
Studio
UnknownDate made
1870Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Civil warsSearch Terms
Troy, Kansas History, Doniphan County, Kansas, Kansas in Civil WarDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 2¾" x 3½"
paper mat, manila, 5" x 7½"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Cyrus Leland