A collection of approx. 185 CDVs housed in four albums compiled by the family of Hannibal Hamlin, including portraits of Hamlin family members and friends as well as noted politicians, military figures, and other personalities of the period. Some of the subjects are identified on verso or on the accompanying album page.

Highlighted subjects include: Multiple CDVs of Hannibal Hamlin, (including images by Washington, DC: Whitehurst Gallery; Washington, DC: Alex. Gardner). -- General Charles Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin's son (Washington, DC: R.W. Addis). -- Multiple CDVs of General Augustus Choate Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin's nephew (including images by Washington, DC: R.W. Addis). -- Multiple CDVs of General Cyrus Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin's son (including images by Port Hudson, LA: Brooks & Blauvelt; Bangor, ME: S.W. Sawyer; Brooklyn: Charles K. Bill), accompanied by a CDV of Cyrus' wife (Boston, MA: Marshall & Co). -- Frank Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin's son. (Bangor, ME: Weston). --Sarah Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin's daughter (Washington, DC: Whitehurst Gallery). -- Charming portrait of Hamlin's sons Hannibal E. and Frank affectionately posed together (Bangor, ME: Sawyer). -- 2 CDVs of dogs, the first captioned on verso "Minnie (?) watching a Rat" (Boston: Frank Rowell), the second showing a dog resting atop chair covered with a large blanket, 2-cent revenue stamp on verso. -- CDV, outdoor view of the Hamlin home in Paris Hill, Maine. -- Jenny Lind. -- Millard Fillmore, memorial CDV with mourning borders (Buffalo, NY: Farnsworth & Phelps). -- Zachariah Chandler (Paris: Disderi). -- CDV of a man smoking a pipe, wearing military-style pants and a checkered shirt, with a shovel on his shoulder. (New York: Brady). With penciled notation on verso that is difficult discern, but appears to indicate that the subject served in the war and was associated with Hamlin. -- Schuyler Colfax, with autograph on mount recto (Washington, DC: Whitehurst). -- Solomon Foot. -- Commodore Foote with a female companion (New York: C.D. Fredricks & Co.). -- And many more.