Postcard- Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman Commemorative Series

No. 1- Walt Whitman Birthplace, at west Hills, Long Island, N.Y.. Photograph by Ben Conklin, in 1903, when the third wing was still intact. Walt was born here on May 31, 1819.

No. 2- Walt Whitman in 1854, when he was writing “Leaves of Grass.” This is sometimes referred to as the “Christ” photograph. Cropped and enlarged version.

No. 3- Walt Whitman in carpenter’s garb – an engraving used as the frontispiece of the first edition of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855. Taken from a daguerreotype.

No. 4- Walt Whitman as he looked in 1863, while he was nursing the sick and wounded soldiers in Washington. Photograph taken by Brady’s studio.

No. 5- Walt Whitman as he looked in 1863, while he was nursing the sick and wounded soldiers in Washington. Photograph taken by Brady’s studio. Cropped and enlarged version.

No. 6- Walt Whitman in old age, at Camden, New Jersey- the sage a prophet of American democracy.

No. 7- Walt Whitman in 1854, when he was writing “Leaves of Grass.” This is sometimes referred to as the “Christ” photograph.

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