2 Antique 1860s Civil War Era CDV Cabinet Photos James Fisk Jr & Edward Stokes
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:56294748 | Date of Creation: 1860-1869 |
| Photo Type: CDV | Featured Refinements: Civil War CDV |
Offered for sale are 2 Antique 1860s CDVs or Cabinet Photos of James Fisk Jr. and Edward Stiles Stokes. Descriptions of these 2 men follow below.
Cards measure approx. 2 1/4 inches wide by 4 inches long.
Both have minor wear to edges and corners consistent with age and normal use. The image of Edward Stokes is lifting up slightly on the lower left corner. Minor age toning to paper. Please refer to photos.
James Fisk Jr. (April 1, 1835 – January 7, 1872) – known ...variously as "Big Jim", "Diamond Jim", and "Jubilee Jim" – was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who has been referred to as one of the "robber barons" of the Gilded Age. Though Fisk was admired by the working class of New York and the Erie Railroad, he achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City. Several years later Fisk was murdered by a disgruntled business associate.
Edward Stiles Stokes (April 27, 1841 -– November 2, 1901) was the owner of a New York oil refinery. In 1872, he shot and killed his business partner and love rival James Fisk. Stokes was tried three times and found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree, serving four years in prison. Later he became the proprietor of the fashionable Hoffman House Hotel.
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Cards measure approx. 2 1/4 inches wide by 4 inches long.
Both have minor wear to edges and corners consistent with age and normal use. The image of Edward Stokes is lifting up slightly on the lower left corner. Minor age toning to paper. Please refer to photos.
James Fisk Jr. (April 1, 1835 – January 7, 1872) – known ...variously as "Big Jim", "Diamond Jim", and "Jubilee Jim" – was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who has been referred to as one of the "robber barons" of the Gilded Age. Though Fisk was admired by the working class of New York and the Erie Railroad, he achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City. Several years later Fisk was murdered by a disgruntled business associate.
Edward Stiles Stokes (April 27, 1841 -– November 2, 1901) was the owner of a New York oil refinery. In 1872, he shot and killed his business partner and love rival James Fisk. Stokes was tried three times and found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree, serving four years in prison. Later he became the proprietor of the fashionable Hoffman House Hotel.
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